Mulcahy
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”), a byname from cathach (“warlike”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mulcahy (plural Mulcahys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mulcahy is the 5279th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6595 individuals. Mulcahy is most common among White (95.86%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mulcahy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 632.