How common is the surname Malak?

1,131 people in the United States had the surname Malak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malak?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Malak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Malak getting more or less common?

More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Malak

A Czech surname, carried by 1,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malak is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

A surname from Czech.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,131 people named Malak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,011.

#22,673

rank among US surnames

1,131

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+11.9%

change since 2000 (was #23,454)

Who is named Malak

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Malak identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Malak

Malak has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Malak come from?: Malak is Czech in origin.
How common is the surname Malak?: 1,131 people in the United States had the surname Malak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malak?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Malak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Malak getting more or less common?: More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, up 12%.