Mullarkey
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilearca (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc”), perhaps a byname from earc (“newt”).
Proper noun
Mullarkey (plural Mullarkeys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mullarkey is the 22000th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1179 individuals. Mullarkey is most common among White (95.25%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mullarkey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 633.