Malloy
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English
Etymology
Variant of Molloy.
Proper noun
Malloy (plural Malloys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Malloy is the 2200th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16546 individuals. Malloy is most common among White (77.58%) and Black/African American (17.47%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Malloy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.