Malarkey Surname

276,388th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Malarkey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malarkey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0681:339,38130,590
England1661:335,65124,624
Scotland801:66,9235,243
Canada381:969,62173,252
Isle of Man241:3,576767
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States931:539,98637,316

Malarkey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malarkey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Malarkey occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Malarkey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malarkey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 276,388th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,194,259 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Malarkey live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,068 people, or 1 in 339,381. In The United States Malarkey is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 20 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and Scotland, where 6 percent are found.

Malarkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Malarkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Malarkey last name increased 1,148 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 830 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 889 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Malarkey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Malarkey last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Malarkey last name are 6.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.65% registered with the political party.

Malarkey earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.77% more than the national average, earning $49,952 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Malarkey
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