The surname Mulroy
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,255 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M460
Origin
Irish origin
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruaidh (“descendant of Maolruadh”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“chief”) + ruadh (“red”).
Mulroy 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 1,255 people named Mulroy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,213.
Who is named Mulroy
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Mulroy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Mulroy has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mulroy come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruaidh (“descendant of Maolruadh”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“chief”) + ruadh (“red”).
- How common is the surname Mulroy?
- 1,255 people in the United States had the surname Mulroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mulroy?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mulroy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Mulroy?
- Mulroy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Mulroy getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, up 3.5%.