How common is the surname Mulligan?

14,590 people in the United States had the surname Mulligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,161 Americans. It ranked 2,469th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mulligan?

Carey Mulligan, British actress (born 1985), followed by Robert Mulligan.

Where is the surname Mulligan most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulligan in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Mulligan?

Mulligan is /ˈmʌlɪɡən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mulligan getting more or less common?

More common. 14,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,590 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Mulligan

An Irish surname, carried by 14,590 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmʌlɪɡən/ 3 syllables Soundex M425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulligan is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolagáin, from maolagán (“person with cropped hair”), from maol (“bald”).

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 14,590 people named Mulligan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,161 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,229.

#2,469

rank among US surnames

14,590

people in 2010

5.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,332)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,460	Gaytan	14,647	21,079
#2,461	Baumann	14,644	21,083
#2,462	Salter	14,641	21,088
#2,463	Silverman	14,636	21,095
#2,464	Meehan	14,630	21,104
#2,465	Dennison	14,629	21,105
#2,466	Knott	14,622	21,115

Who is named Mulligan

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

91% of people named Mulligan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulligans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carey Mulligan
British actress (born 1985)
Robert Mulligan
American director (1925-2008)
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz musician and composer (1927–1996)
Richard Mulligan
American actor (1932-2000)

Notable Mulligans come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mullican

Surnames that sound like Mulligan

Mulligan has the Soundex code M425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M425.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mulligan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolagáin, from maolagán (“person with cropped hair”), from maol (“bald”).
How common is the surname Mulligan?: 14,590 people in the United States had the surname Mulligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,161 Americans. It ranked 2,469th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulligan?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mulligan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mulligan?: Carey Mulligan, British actress (born 1985), followed by Robert Mulligan.
Where is the surname Mulligan most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulligan in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Mulligan?: Mulligan is /ˈmʌlɪɡən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Mulligan getting more or less common?: More common. 14,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,590 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Mulligan?: Mullican.