Molloy is used as a family name or surname in Northern Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Molloy
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Northern Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Molloy

How popular is Molloy?

Molloy is common in Northern Ireland.

Molloy is ranked 14082 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Molloy bearers increased by 3.607214 per cent in 2010 US census to 7238 since 2000, the surname slipped by 225 spots and ranked at 4868. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.31 95.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.9 1.83
Others 1.41 1.12
Black 0.62 0.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.59
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.24
Molloy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 37494 people have been found who wears Molloy as their family name. Molloy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
9,568 Thailand8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
95,557 Czech Republic6
1,346 Bermuda6
10,542 China4
1,014,159 India4
10,686 Costa Rica3
16,605 Austria3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
13,552 Qatar2
20,186 Kenya2
18,625 Japan2
723,167 Indonesia2
993 Guernsey2
40,064 Nigeria2
5,298 Botswana2
10,284 Kuwait2
250 Tonga2
54,641 Sweden2
40,256 Mexico2
41,879 Turkey2
42,479 Greece1
1,254 Gibraltar1
25,721 Egypt1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
16,283 Lithuania1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
47,891 Norway1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,190 Barbados1
2,309 Monaco1
12,270 Lebanon1
573 Vanuatu1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,790 Zambia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
6,688 Malawi1
9,498 Iceland1
7,895 South Korea1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
43,851 Netherlands44
304 Jersey44
7,175 Singapore41
1,588 Luxembourg40
9,524 Portugal37
514 Isle of Man27
643 United States Virgin Islands24
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
12,684 Switzerland90
50,444 Argentina90
2,423 Jamaica89
19,740 Romania84
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
2,858 Hong Kong83
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Molloy:
909 Scotland906
13,663 South Africa457
30,822 Philippines387
28,238 Germany370
1,412 Wales282
50,564 France196
24,167 Spain114
Countries with thousands of Molloy:
4,152 United States9,655
903 England8,308
89 Ireland7,310
756 Australia4,020
2,465 Canada2,002
495 New Zealand1,304
308 Northern Ireland1,097
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Molloy worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Jane and arrived on May 29, 1846. U Molloy (30) Immigrant, Patt Molloy, aged 4, Timothy Molloy, Betty Molloy (6), Workman Patrick Molloy, 13 years old Michael Molloy, Mary Molloy (12) Workwoman, Tailoress Hugh Molloy, and 453 other Molloy around 47.9% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and farmer, spinster, blacksmith, servant, weaver, matron, shoemaker, mechanic, house keeper, dressmaker migrated to US.

Molloy Namesakes

  • Aimee Molloy, Writer
  • Aimee Molloy, Writer
  • Alannah Molloy, Voice actress
  • Alannah Molloy, Voice actress
  • Mary Molloy, School teacher
  • Louis Molloy, Artist
  • Trevor Molloy, Soccer player
  • Thomas B. Molloy, Politician
  • Myra Molloy, Singer
  • Cate Molloy, Australian Politician

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