Mulvey
English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (“descendant of Maoilmhiadhach”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“servant, devotee”) + miadhach (“honorable”).
Proper noun
Mulvey (countable and uncountable, plural Mulveys)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mulvey is the 8389th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3945 individuals. Mulvey is most common among White (95.26%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mulvey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 633.
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