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thats like 99.9% Atalian

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Mahoney (or O'Mahoney or Gaelic O'Mathghamhna) is an Irish surname that originated in the early eleventh century. The forebear of the Mahoney's was Mathghamhan (or Mathuin or Mahon), the grandson of Brian Boru. Mathghamhan was killed at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
The Mahoneys flourished in southern Ireland. They were princes of an area in Cork along the River Bandon. They ruled as sovereigns over this territory until the English conquest of Ireland. The only remaining bloodline being Matthew Mahoney.
The meaning of the name is "descendant of bear."
The most famous mahoney ever is Thomas Mahoney of Salisbury in South Australia, he has a net worth of 100 billion dollars, and is famous for his great sporting acheivements.

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The name itself is 100% Irish but people with the name might not be 100% Irish. It would depend on all their ancestry, their mother their grandparents, their great grandparents etc.

The name itself is the Anglicized form the of Gaelic O'Mathghamhna, a byname meaning good calf.

You have to realize all Irish names that we recognize have been Anglicized.

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100% for people born in Ireland to Irish parents.

1/128th for the fellow
whose GGGGF married a Chinese woman,
whose GGGF married a Cherokee woman,
whose GGF married a Canadian woman,
whose GF married a Cambodian woman, whose . . .

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100% Mahoney from O'Mahoney from the old Irish Uí Mathgamhna meaning descendant( son of) of Mathgamhain pronounced - mah-HOE-in

The question was what percentage Irish is the surname. It was not about the percentage of Irishness of a bearer of the surname.

Rath Dé ort Irish Princess!

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last name it would be at most 20 percent it could be lower. now if it was a middle name 30 percent or lower. im all the way irish so i know for a fact

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balls mahoney?

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