# Mulqueen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mulqueen/  
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) | 795 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,626 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 388,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (733 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchaoine (“descendant of Maolchaoine”), a personal name meaning "devotee of (Saint) Caoine".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mulqueen 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Milligan, Mulligan, Milliken, Melson, Millican, Malcom, Malagon, Mullikin, Malkin, Mullican, Millikan, Millikin.

## 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.