Mulcahy

English

Alternative forms

• Mulkey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”), a byname from cathach (“warlike”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʌlˈkæhiː/

Proper noun

Mulcahy (plural Mulcahys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mulcahy is the 5279^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6595 individuals. Mulcahy is most common among White (95.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mulcahy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 632.