Multaney Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Multaney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Multaney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland541:87,2034,973
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Multaney Last Name Facts

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

The last name Multaney is carried by more people in Ireland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Multaney? popularity and diffusion

The last name Multaney is the 2,530,696th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Multaney live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in Ireland, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 87,203. In Ireland it is most prevalent in: Leinster, where 98 percent are found and Munster, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Ireland this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Multaney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Multaney has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Multaney surname grew 5,400 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Multaney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Multane93212/
Multany935/
Moultane8816/
Multanay881/
Multhany881/
Multanee881/
Multiney880/
Multaniya8222/
Multhanee821/
Multani8013,464/
Multana80162/
Multone80112/
Moltane8068/
Multine8045/
Multanejad781/
Moultine7527/
Mulltani753/
Multanis751/
Multhana751/
Molthany751/
Multanni751/
Moltanie750/
Multiyani7121/
Multiyana7115/
Moltana671/
Moultouni591/
Molteina501/
Molteini501/

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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
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  • 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 Multaney
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