Mullaney

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilsheanaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Seanach”).

Proper noun

Mullaney (plural Mullaneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mullaney is the 7803^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4241 individuals. Mullaney is most common among White (94.69%) individuals.

Further reading

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