Mulgrew Surname
Approximately 3,379 people bear this surname
Mulgrew Surname Definition:
The earlier anglicization, O’Mulcreevy, is nearer to original Irish Ó Maolcraoibhe. Mulgrew is numerous in north-east Ulster and the rarer abbreviation Grew is found in Co. Armagh. There is also an English surname Grew, derived from Old-French griu (a crane).
Read More About This SurnameMulgrew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,118 | 1:324,203 | 29,514 |
| England | 660 | 1:84,421 | 9,280 |
| Northern Ireland | 521 | 1:3,541 | 702 |
| Scotland | 485 | 1:11,039 | 1,508 |
| Canada | 196 | 1:187,988 | 18,553 |
| New Zealand | 143 | 1:31,667 | 5,500 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Ireland | 79 | 1:59,607 | 4,006 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 313 | 1:14,153 | 1,832 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 86 | 1:43,526 | 3,182 |
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 176 | 1:285,333 | 22,901 |
Mulgrew Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The earlier anglicization, O’Mulcreevy, is nearer to original Irish Ó Maolcraoibhe. Mulgrew is numerous in north-east Ulster and the rarer abbreviation Grew is found in Co. Armagh. There is also an English surname Grew, derived from Old-French griu (a crane). SIF 117
An earlier anglicized form of this, O'Mulcreevy, is a fair phonetic approximation of the original Irish Ó Maolchraoibhe. Mulcreevy, * however, is now extremely rare, if not extinct, having become Mulgrew in its original habitat, Co. Tyrone. This is no recent change, for O'Mulgrew and O'Mulgrue both occur in the Tyrone hearth money rolls (1664) in the barony of Dungannon, in which document the more usual form O'Mulcrieve also appears. The almost contemporary Petty “census” lists Mulcreevy as a “principal Irish name” in the barony of Dundalk and O'Mulcreve in nearby Orior, Co.
Armagh. The intermediate form O'Mulcrew not only occurs in the Elizabethan Antrim Fiants, but as early as 1428 we find one Rory O'Mulcrew in trouble with the Bishop of Dromore. Early seventeenth century documents relating to the Plantation of Ulster have both Mulcreeve and Mulcrew among the “meer Irish”.
At the present time Mulgrew is quite a numerous name in several counties of north-east Ulster.
Grew, which I take to be an abbreviation of Mulgrew, is not very numerous but is well-known in Co.
Armagh. Father Seosamh Ó Dufaigh in the Clogher Record (1959 p. 399) confidently suggests that Grue, which he says is common in the Clones district, is an anglicized form of Mac Riabhaigh; but surely Mulgrue is a more likely origin for Grue and Grew. It is also hard to accept Fr. O'Gallachair's suggestion that MacGrue is an intermediate form of the Tyrone name. MacGrew and MacGreo appear six times in Elizabethan Fiants, four of these being in the west of Ireland and the other two in south-east Leinster: not one is in Ulster. An isolated case in Ulster two centuries later does occur in the Derry wills (Drumrath, 1774). It should also be added that there is a surname Grew derived from the Old-French griu, a crane, but I have found no evidence that any of these settled in Ireland.
*It has also curiously been made Rice, see Irish Families, p. 250.
The earlier anglicization, O’Mulcreevy, is nearer to original Irish Ó Maolcraoibhe. Mulgrew is numerous in north-east Ulster and the rarer abbreviation Grew is found in Co. Armagh. There is also an English surname Grew, derived from Old-French griu (a crane). SIF 117
Mulgrew Demographics
Mulgrew Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mulgrew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mulgrew Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mulgrew is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mulgrew click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mulgrew? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mulgrew is the 133,427th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,156,717 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Mulgrew reside; 52 percent reside in Northern Europe and 52 percent reside in British Isles.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,118 people, or 1 in 324,203. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 15 percent reside, Nevada, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States Mulgrew is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 15 percent reside.
Mulgrew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mulgrew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mulgrew surname grew 635 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 564 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 320 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mulgrew Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (87%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mulgrew surname are 1.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.13% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mulgrew earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 17.26% more than the national average, earning $50,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.53% more than the national average, earning $58,891 CAD per year.
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