Last Name MOONEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	'Meunier,' French, a miller.

Origin	Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	968 (2000 US census)	904 (1990 US census)

Count	32,953 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.39%, or 30445 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.97%, or 1308 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 161 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 198 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.26%, or 415 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.29%, or 425 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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