Explore the Family Name Mahaney
The meaning of Mahaney
Irish: variant of Mahoney. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
How common is the last name Mahaney in the United States?
Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mahaney ranked 10,638 in popularity in the year 2000 and moved to rank 10,806 in 2010, marking a slight decrease of 1.58%. The overall count of individuals with this surname increased by 6.77% from 2,762 in 2000 to 2,949 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people dropped slightly by 1.96%, from 1.02 in 2000 to 1.0 in 2010.
2000 | 2010 | Change | |
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Rank | #10,638 | #10,806 | -1.58% |
Count | 2,762 | 2,949 | 6.77% |
Proportion per 100k | 1.02 | 1 | -1.96% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mahaney
In regard to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Mahaney, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that in both 2000 and 2010, the majority of individuals identified as White, although there was a small decrease of 1.19% over the decade. Those identifying as Black or African American saw a slight increase of 5.08%. There was a notable increase of 46.15% in the number of people identifying as two or more races, whereas the percentages of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained fairly stable. A modest increase in those identifying as Hispanic was also noted, with a rise of 18.66%.
2000 | 2010 | Change | |
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White | 92.18% | 91.08% | -1.19% |
Black | 4.13% | 4.34% | 5.08% |
Two or More Races | 1.3% | 1.9% | 46.15% |
Hispanic | 1.34% | 1.59% | 18.66% |
American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0.54% | 0.58% | 7.41% |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0% |
Mahaney ancestry composition
23andMe computes an ancestry breakdown for each customer. People may have ancestry from just one population or they may have ancestry from several populations. The most commonly-observed ancestry found in people with the surname Mahaney is British & Irish, which comprises 50.1% of all ancestry found in people with the surname. The next two most common ancestries are French & German (27.2%) and Eastern European (4.2%). Additional ancestries include Scandinavian, Spanish & Portuguese, Ashkenazi Jewish, Indigenous American, and Italian.
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ANCESTRY BREAKDOWN | COMPOSITION |
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British & Irish | 50.1% |
French & German | 27.2% |
Eastern European | 4.2% |
Other | 18.4% |
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Possible origins of the surname Mahaney
Your DNA provides clues about where your recent ancestors may have lived. Having many distant relatives in the same location suggests that you may all share common ancestry there. Locations with many distant relatives can also be places where people have migrated recently, such as large cities. If a large number of individuals who share your surname have distant relatives in a specific area, it could indicate a connection between your surname and that location, stemming from either recent ancestral ties or migration.
Based on 23andMe data, people with last name Mahaney have recent ancestry locations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland.
RECENT ANCESTRY Location | Percentage |
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Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom | 86.80% |
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | 86.80% |
Greater London, United Kingdom | 86.80% |
Glasgow City, United Kingdom | 86.80% |
West Midlands, United Kingdom | 85.30% |
What Mahaney haplogroups can tell you
Haplogroups are genetic population groups that share a common ancestor on either your paternal or maternal line. These paternal and maternal haplogroups shed light on your genetic ancestry and help tell the story of your family.
The top paternal haplogroup of people with the surname Mahaney is O-F2415, which is predominantly found among people with East Asian & Indigenous American ancestry. Haplogroup O-F2415 is descended from haplogroup O-M1359. Other common haplogroups include E-M183 and O-F2859, which are predominantly found among people with European and East Asian & Indigenous American ancestry.
The most common maternal haplogroups of people with Mahaney surname are: H1, H, H1a. These most commonly trace back to individuals of European ancestry.
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Your paternal lineage may be linked to the Cham
One of the many populations harboring members of haplogroup O1b1a1a1a1 is the Cham ethnic group, a group of people who speak Austronesian languages in Mainland Southeast Asia. Austronesian languages make up a language family that is extremely large and widespread, comprising over 350 million people on islands such as Madagascar, Easter Island, and many others. However, Austronesian languages are less common on mainland Asia, with a notable exception being the Chamic language. Research suggests that ancestors of the Cham people migrated from Southeast Asian islands to the mainland around the year 500 BCE, and that early Cham populations quickly began mixing with indigenous southern Vietnamese populations. As a result, the Chamic language now has words that were borrowed from languages spoken by indigenous Vietnamese people. It is likely that an ancestral Kinh population was one of the populations that mixed with the Cham people shortly after their migration to mainland Asia.
Your maternal lineage may be linked to the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara
Though haplogroup H1 rarely reaches high frequencies beyond western Europe, over 60% of eastern Tuareg in Libya belong to haplogroup H1. The Tuareg call themselves the Imazghan, meaning “free people.” They are an isolated, semi-nomadic people who inhabit the West-Central Sahara and are known today for a distinctive dark blue turban worn by the men, and for their long history as gatekeepers of the desert.How did women carrying H1 make it all the way from western Europe to this isolated community? They likely migrated from Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar into Morocco after the Last Ice Age, where they were assimilated into the Berbers of the Mediterranean coast. Then, about 5,000 years ago, the Sahara shifted from a period of relative habitable conditions to its dramatically arid desert environment. This shift may have caused migrations throughout the Sahara, prompting the ancient Tuaregs to meet and mingle with the Berbers, bringing H1 lineages into their population.
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What do people with the surname Mahaney have in common?
Spoiler alert: it's complicated. People with the same last name are usually no more genetically similar than a randomly sampled group of people from the same population. That said, people with the same surname are more likely to have similar ancestries than randomly sampled individuals. The reason is the tendency of people with similar cultural or geographical backgrounds to preferentially mate with one another. That's why people who share a surname may be more likely to share traits and tendencies in common than people within the general population. Check out the percentages below to see the prevalences of tastes, habits, and traits of people with your surname compared with prevalences among 23andMe users.
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Are health conditions linked to the last name Mahaney?
The short answer is that, if there is an association between surname and health, it's usually more about your ancestry than your name. Individuals with a given surname are no more genetically similar than the general population but often have similar ancestries. The populations of people associated with those shared ancestries often have sets of genetic variations, also known as alleles, in common. Some of those alleles are associated with a greater likelihood of developing certain diseases.
Disease variant frequency by ancestry
Disease allele frequencies in populations associated with the surname Mahaney are shown below. Important Note: not everyone with a disease allele will develop these health condition