Mooney Surname
Approximately 81,515 people bear this surname
Mooney Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Hero [Irish Maonach-maon, a hero + the pers. suff. -ach]
Mooney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45,816 | 1:7,911 | 938 |
| England | 9,083 | 1:6,134 | 876 |
| Ireland | 7,764 | 1:607 | 101 |
| Australia | 5,929 | 1:4,553 | 660 |
| Canada | 4,098 | 1:8,991 | 1,342 |
| Scotland | 2,642 | 1:2,026 | 368 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,979 | 1:932 | 179 |
| Egypt | 1,251 | 1:73,490 | 6,720 |
| New Zealand | 815 | 1:5,556 | 900 |
| Liberia | 396 | 1:11,133 | 1,214 |
| South Africa | 260 | 1:208,376 | 22,133 |
| Wales | 209 | 1:14,806 | 1,619 |
| France | 179 | 1:371,077 | 55,233 |
| Thailand | 152 | 1:464,726 | 81,315 |
| Argentina | 127 | 1:336,562 | 26,540 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Spain | 56 | 1:834,858 | 33,799 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| Isle of Man | 35 | 1:2,452 | 488 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| United Arab Emirates | 24 | 1:381,761 | 22,934 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Guatemala | 11 | 1:1,462,061 | 5,661 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5,876 | 1:754 | 120 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,431 | 1:10,027 | 1,523 |
| Scotland | 1,029 | 1:3,638 | 599 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,769 | 1:4,663 | 574 |
Mooney (3,899) may also be a first name.
Mooney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Hero [Irish Maonach-maon, a hero + the pers. suff. -ach]
Ó Maonaigh The name of several distinct septs. That of Co. Sligo uses the form Meeny. Meaney or Mainey is the Co. Cork form. IF 227; Map Don and Off; Plate XXI
Meunier, French, a miller.
Mooney Demographics
Mooney Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Mooney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mooney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mooney (Arabic: موني) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mooney? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mooney is the 6,946th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 89,401 people. The surname Mooney occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Mooney reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Mooney is also the 112,234th most common given name on earth It is held by 3,899 people.
The last name Mooney is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 45,816 people, or 1 in 7,911. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 94 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent are found and Ireland, where 10 percent are found.
Mooney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mooney has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 425 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 374 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 132 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 257 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mooney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (90%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mooney surname are 11.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.43% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mooney earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 122.3% more than the national average, earning 769,320 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 119.53% more than the national average, earning R 521,688 per year; in United States they earn 4.06% more than the national average, earning $44,899 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.55% more than the national average, earning $49,957 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mooney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mooney in the Arabic language | ||
| موني | mwny | - |
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Mooney Reference & Research
Moon-Mooney DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Moon-Mooney FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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