Moroney
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruanaidh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Ruanadh”).
Proper noun
Moroney (plural Moroneys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Moroney is the 13383rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2276 individuals. Moroney is most common among White (93.89%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moroney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 622.