Moloney is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moloney
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Moloney

How popular is Moloney?

Moloney is common in United States.

Moloney is ranked 21784 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moloney bearers increased by 5.212766 per cent in 2010 US census to 2967 since 2000, the surname slipped by 302 spots and ranked at 10755. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.24 95.82
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 2.09
Others 1.15 1.31
Moloney is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ireland which signifies that it is originated from Ireland. Around 23723 people have been found who wears Moloney as their family name. Moloney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,346 Bermuda6
108,034 Italy3
14,054 China3
2,967 Vietnam3
54,641 Sweden2
40,064 Nigeria2
18,718 Thailand2
44,018 Poland2
993 Guernsey2
5,318 Iraq2
26,532 Chile2
40,256 Mexico2
6,103 Cyprus2
18,625 Japan2
19,093 Finland2
810,193 Indonesia1
40,340 Malaysia1
897,276 Russia1
25,721 Egypt1
37,493 Austria1
169,904 Brazil1
1,704,541 India1
66,560 Philippines1
15,162 Costa Rica1
16,640 Hong Kong1
11,510 Oman1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
12,745 Luxembourg1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,071 Jersey1
573 Vanuatu1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
37,591 Belgium37
20,233 Denmark25
11,685 Singapore24
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
10,596 Colombia87
2,536 Northern Ireland83
15,572 Switzerland72
36,906 Spain61
Countries with hundreds of Moloney:
11,162 South Africa566
9,056 Kenya549
7,690 Canada540
1,820 New Zealand412
34,330 Germany303
3,611 Scotland171
2,337 Wales169
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Moloney:
87 Ireland7,430
639 Australia4,772
1,967 England4,071
9,173 United States4,027
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margt. Moloney worked as spinster and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Mozambique and arrived on December 11, 1848. Maid Bridget Moloney, 18 years old Catharine Moloney, Nancy Moloney (20) Maid, Maid Honorah Moloney, Farmer Michael Moloney, Dan Moloney, aged 21, 19 years old James Moloney, Workman Dennis Moloney, and 166 other Moloney around 54.74% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Moloney Namesakes

  • Michael Moloney, Television personality
  • Aedin Moloney, Theatre actress
  • Paddy Moloney, Musical Artist
  • P. J. Moloney, Politician
  • Brent Moloney, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Brendan Moloney, Soccer player
  • Brent Moloney, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Bridget Moloney, Actress
  • Janel Moloney, Actress
  • Bronagh Moloney, Kieran Moloney's mother
  • Alexandra Moloney played the critical role of Carla in 0 comedy flick DannyBoy.

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