Moloney
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Irish Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh or Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məˈɫoʊni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Moloney is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Australia than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 8K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Australia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 317 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Irish Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh or Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moloney counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | #723 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 8K | — | Moloney | 163 |
| US United States | — | 2,967 | 1 in 112K | 3K | Moloney | 317 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 27K | listed | Moloney | 200 |
| IE Ireland | #177 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Moloney | 127 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Moloney | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | #471 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Moloney | 60 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 2 | 1 in 51K | 2 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Moloney is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, O Maoldhomhnaigh; sept in Clare and Tipperary
as a nameIrish family names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alan Moloneyb. 1901Irish film and television producer
- Jim Moloneyb. 1929USAmerican screenwriter
- Paddy Moloneyb. 1938IEIrish uilleann pipes player (1938–2021)
- Susie Moloneyb. 1962CACanadian writer
- Aedin Moloneyb. 1968IEIrish theatre, film and television actress and producer
- Janel Moloneyb. 1969USAmerican actress (b. 1969)
- Jason Moloneyb. 1991AUAustralian boxer
- Grace Moloneyb. 1993GBIrish footballer
- Robert Moloneyb. 2000CACanadian actor
- Ashley Moloneyb. 2000AUAustralian decathlete
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3K | #10,755 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.8K | #10,743 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.8K | #10,453 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 2 | #260 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Moloney mean, and where does it come from?
- from Irish Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh or Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Moloney?
- A machine transcription gives /məˈɫoʊni/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Moloney have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Moloney in Australia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moloney.
- How common is the name Moloney?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,967 people named Moloney in 2010, about 1 in 112 thousand residents.
- How common is Moloney compared with other names?
- In Australia, Moloney is the 723rd most common surname of 552,428 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moloney” — the 723rd most common surname in Australia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.