Last name: MAHONEY
Welcome at Geneanet!
With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 8 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.
All you have to know about the last name MAHONEY
Last name frequency
MAHONEY : This last name is indexed 88,510 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
MAHONEY : Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mathghamhna ‘descendant of Mathghamhain’ a byname meaning ‘good calf’ a kenning for ‘bear’. There were two families in Ireland called O'Mahony in Cork and north-east Ulster. In Ulster Ó Mathghamhna has often been Anglicized as McMahon apparently by analogy with the later Mac Mathghamhna chieftain family in Monaghan.
Learn moreVariants of last name
The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.
Search a name
Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.
Most popular first names
- John (6,935)
- Mary (4,841)
- James (3,188)
- Margaret (2,452)
- Michael (2,384)
- Ellen (2,351)
- Daniel (2,169)
- Patrick (2,169)
- Catherine (2,162)
- William (1,881)
- Thomas (1,749)
- Jeremiah (1,630)
- Timothy (1,168)
- Bridget (1,135)
- Joseph (1,068)
- Henry (1,045)
- Denis (957)
- Julia (931)
- Johanna (920)
- Cornelius (825)
- George (800)
- Stephen (782)
- Dennis (771)
- Edward (679)
- Kate (633)
- Elizabeth (622)
- Charles (585)
- David (564)
- Hannah (456)
- Jerry (442)
- Honora (441)
- Francis (425)
- Mr. (388)
- Robert (370)
- Frank (368)
- Dean (343)
- Anne (339)
- Florence (325)
- Richard (324)
- Sarah (290)
- Jane (269)
- Eliza (266)
- Alice (255)
- Anna (255)
- Jack (253)
- Mike (250)
- Martin (247)
- Will (247)
- Mrs. (240)
- Mary Ann (237)
- Andrew (235)
- Helen (230)
- Ann (223)
- Annie (216)
- Peter (211)
- Hanora (207)
- Agnes (203)
- Harry (203)
- Bernard (194)
- Paul (193)
Most indexed places
- Cork (6,099)
- Ireland (2,523)
- Roman Catholic,killarney (1,878)
- Boston (1,192)
- Cambridge (1,119)
- Kerry (1,083)
- Limerick (979)
- San Francisco (898)
- Rathmore With Nohaval And Kilcummin (894)
- New (866)
- Washington (802)
- Missouri (762)
- New York (619)
- Tipperary (591)
- Waterford (416)
- Roman Catholic,inchigeelagh Parish (410)
- Dublin (393)
- Auckland (372)
- Chicago (371)
- County Kerry (370)
- San-Francisco (367)
- London (363)
- Cambridge City (328)
- Philadelphia (312)
- Library (300)
- New York City (280)
- Wellington (262)
- County Tipperary (233)
- Richmond (220)
- Massachusetts (207)
- Denver (202)
- Nelson (201)
- Clifton, Gloucester (199)
- California (198)
- Irel (198)
- Clare (195)
- Lidcombe (188)
- Ohio (182)
- Ogdensburg (180)
- Princeton (172)
- St Mary's on the Quayl, Clifton, Gloucester (164)
- North (163)
- Sacramento (162)
- Baltimore (161)
- English (157)
- Wyoming (154)
- Melbourne (151)
- Liverpool (149)
- Central (146)
- Victoria (145)
- South (144)
- America (142)
- Seattle (142)
- Buffalo (141)
- Roman Catholic,Killarney (141)
- Hartford (138)
- Lake (137)
- Kentucky (132)
- Molahiffe, County Kerry (132)
- Low (130)
Most indexed countries
- United States (37,176)
- Ireland (27,964)
- United Kingdom (8,514)
- Australia (5,574)
- New Zealand (2,920)
- Canada (2,650)
- France (658)
- Unknown country (242)
- Germany (206)
- Italy (114)
- Belgium (92)
- Netherlands (56)
- India (53)
- Switzerland (52)
- Colombia (51)
- Mexico (35)
- Jamaica (30)
- Argentina (28)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(36,292) - Newspapers
(29,348) - Family Trees
(14,131) - Books
(6,008) - Other
(1,765) - Obituaries
(695) - Cemeteries
(189) - Memorials
(61) - Magazines
(20) - Coats of Arms
(1)