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    The surname Mulrooney

    A surname, carried by 1,113 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M465

    Mulrooney: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mulrooney #22,978, 1,113 people Mulrooney: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mulrooney #22,978, 1,113 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulrooney is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,113 people named Mulrooney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,036.

    #22,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,113
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #23,037)

    Who is named Mulrooney

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

    97% of people named Mulrooney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mulrooneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Mulrooney
      American soccer player, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mulrooney

    Mulrooney has the Soundex code M465, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M465.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mulrooney?
    1,113 people in the United States had the surname Mulrooney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. It ranked 22,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mulrooney?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Mulrooney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mulrooney?
    Richard Mulrooney, American soccer player.
    Where is the surname Mulrooney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mulrooney in the United States.
    Is the surname Mulrooney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,113 in 2010, up 7.4%.