How common is the surname Mulvey?

3,945 people in the United States had the surname Mulvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,262 Americans. It ranked 8,389th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mulvey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mulvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mulvey?

William Mulvey, American Catholic bishop.

Where is the surname Mulvey most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulvey in the United States.

How do you pronounce Mulvey?

Mulvey is /ˈmʌl.vi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mulvey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,945 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Mulvey

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 3,945 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmʌl.vi/ 2 syllables Soundex M410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulvey is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (“descendant of Maoilmhiadhach”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“servant, devotee”) + miadhach (“honorable”).

Mulvey is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 3,945 people named Mulvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,262 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,917.

#8,389

rank among US surnames

3,945

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,839)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282

Who is named Mulvey

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

95% of people named Mulvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulveys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Mulvey
American Catholic bishop, born 1949

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mulvey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (“descendant of Maoilmhiadhach”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“servant, devotee”) + miadhach (“honorable”).
How common is the surname Mulvey?: 3,945 people in the United States had the surname Mulvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,262 Americans. It ranked 8,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulvey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mulvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mulvey?: William Mulvey, American Catholic bishop.
Where is the surname Mulvey most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulvey in the United States.
How do you pronounce Mulvey?: Mulvey is /ˈmʌl.vi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Mulvey?: Mulvey is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Mulvey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,945 in 2010, up 0.7%.