The Maloy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,068 people carried this name — #6,664 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,786 in 2000.

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In print

Maloy in American newspapers,
1897–1911.

Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Maloy
Omaha Daily Bee 1897-07-21
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Maloy
Omaha Daily Bee 1897-07-23
Newspaper page from The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican carrying the name Maloy
The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican 1911-05-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,902 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Maloy in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

718 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maloy. The most, 108, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 347
Western Australia 118
Victoria 95
Queensland 64
South Australia 51
Tasmania 27
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maloy.

Who carried it

People named Maloy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mike Maloy
    Mike Maloy 1949–2009 · basketball player
  • Mike Maloy
    Mike Maloy 1949–2009 · basketball player
  • Paul Maloy 1892–1976 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Maloy,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,010 records

1,010 records of the Maloy name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 325
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 222
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 217
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 88
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 75
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 63
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Michael J. Maloy

    Born 1910 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Buffalo; ironworker from Erie County. Veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Bath National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Maloy

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the City of Chicago from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Ireland; bound for Albany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles P. Maloy

    Born 1930; from Baltimore City, Maryland. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,010 records for Maloy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia77 records

77 records of the Maloy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 51
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 11
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Charles Maloy

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Cornwall, sailing from Portsmouth in 1851. Native of Westminster, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Patk Maloy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the White Star, aged 28; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Bernard Maloy

    Fruit hawker of Melbne, Victoria; died 1895.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 77 records for Maloy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada22 records

22 records of the Maloy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Maloy

    Came to Ontario in 1867 aboard the St Lawrance, landing at Quebec, bound for Oshawa, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catherine Maloy

    Died 1908 in Two Mile Lake, Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph H. Maloy

    Married 1913 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 22 records for Maloy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Maloy name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Arne Måløy

    Census of 1910: Leitet (gaard), Leiranger; fisherman, born 1883 in Steigen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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