Moylan Surname
Approximately 8,531 people bear this surname
Moylan Surname Definition:
(Celtic) for the Irish O’Maoilain = Descendant of Maolan: v. Mullan.
Read More About This SurnameMoylan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,909 | 1:92,724 | 10,415 |
| Australia | 1,654 | 1:16,321 | 2,307 |
| Ireland | 1,325 | 1:3,554 | 625 |
| England | 876 | 1:63,605 | 7,448 |
| Canada | 295 | 1:124,900 | 13,053 |
| New Zealand | 105 | 1:43,127 | 7,159 |
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| Guam | 78 | 1:2,053 | 270 |
| Northern Ireland | 58 | 1:31,811 | 3,241 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 979 | 1:4,525 | 773 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 121 | 1:201,449 | 15,997 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 499 | 1:100,639 | 10,200 |
Moylan (43) may also be a first name.
Moylan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) for the Irish O’Maoilain = Descendant of Maolan: v. Mullan.
Ó Maoileáin The name of a Munster sept whose early location has not been determined. It is now found mainly in Cos. Clare, Cork and Tipperary. MIF 182
Ó Maoileáin The name of a Munster sept whose early location has not been determined. It is now found mainly in Cos. Clare, Cork and Tipperary. MIF 182
User-submitted Reference
The surname has a monastic meaning of 'bald pated man', a reference to the tonsured haircut of monks, though it is hard to imagine that all of the Moylans in the world are the progeny of Monks. The origins of the name however are to do with the land. The river Moy runs through the counties of Sligo and Mayo in the Republic of Ireland where long stretches of the river pass through highly productive and valuable farming land. In this part of the world Moy often appears at the end of town names meaning "of the plain" Fermoy being an example, simply meaning men of the plain, the plain usually, but not always, referring to good farming land, notable exceptions being Galmoy, which means stoney plain. Moylan in it's current form and it's variants including Moyland are most likely derived from this root simply meaning people of the plains or people of the land, or more simply put, farmers.
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Average Male Moylan Height
176.79 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Moylan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moylan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moylan is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moylan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 59,189th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 854,243 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Moylan live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 43 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 3,909 people, or 1 in 92,724. In The United States Moylan is most numerous in: New York, where 10 percent live, Maryland, where 9 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States Moylan is found in 37 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 19 percent live and Ireland, where 16 percent live.
Moylan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moylan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Moylan surname rose 783 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 135 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 724 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moylan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Moylan last name are 0.42% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.65% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Moylan earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 18.08% more than the national average, earning $50,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.48% more than the national average, earning $58,370 CAD per year.
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