# Mullally (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mullally/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,182 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,960 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 261,206 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (1,119 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lally, Mullaly |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolalaidh (“descendant of Maolaladh”), a personal name composed by the elements maol (“chieftain”) + aladh (“speckled, piebald”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mullally in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mullally in the United Kingdom.

## People named Mullally

- Sarah Mullally, 106th archbishop of Canterbury

## Similar surnames

Mulhall, Melillo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.