Mulvaney

English

Alternative forms

• Mulvany, Mulvenna

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mulvaney (plural Mulvaneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mulvaney is the 9821^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3296 individuals. Mulvaney is most common among White (94.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mulvaney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 633.

Anagrams

• Mulveyan