How common is the surname Mullarkey?

1,179 people in the United States had the surname Mullarkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. It ranked 22,000th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mullarkey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mullarkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mullarkey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,179 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Mullarkey

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,179 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M462

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mullarkey is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilearca (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc”), perhaps a byname from earc (“newt”).

Mullarkey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,179 people named Mullarkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,104.

#22,000

rank among US surnames

1,179

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,916)

Who is named Mullarkey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Mullarkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Malarky

Mullarkey has the Soundex code M462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M462.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mullarkey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilearca (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc”), perhaps a byname from earc (“newt”).
How common is the surname Mullarkey?: 1,179 people in the United States had the surname Mullarkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. It ranked 22,000th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mullarkey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mullarkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Mullarkey?: Mullarkey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Mullarkey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,179 in 2010, up 6.8%.
What are other spellings of Mullarkey?: Malarky.