How common is the surname Mulvaney?

3,296 people in the United States had the surname Mulvaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. It ranked 9,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mulvaney?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mulvaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mulvaney?

Dylan Mulvaney, American social media personality.

Where is the surname Mulvaney most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulvaney in the United States.

Is the surname Mulvaney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,296 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Mulvaney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,296 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulvaney is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmheana (“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”).

Mulvaney 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 3,296 people named Mulvaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,267.

#9,821

rank among US surnames

3,296

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,180)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,813	Starke	3,299	93,588
#9,818	Dieter	3,298	93,616
#9,821	Moline	3,296	93,673
#9,827	Polston	3,295	93,701
#9,830	Eisner	3,294	93,730

Who is named Mulvaney

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

95% of people named Mulvaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulvaneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dylan Mulvaney
American social media personality, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mulvany
Mulvenna

Mulvaney has the Soundex code M415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M415.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mulvaney come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmheana (“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”).
How common is the surname Mulvaney?: 3,296 people in the United States had the surname Mulvaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. It ranked 9,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulvaney?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mulvaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mulvaney?: Dylan Mulvaney, American social media personality.
Where is the surname Mulvaney most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulvaney in the United States.
What type of surname is Mulvaney?: Mulvaney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Mulvaney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,296 in 2010, up 0.9%.
What are other spellings of Mulvaney?: Mulvany and Mulvenna.