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    The surname Malan

    A surname, carried by 2,007 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M450

    Malan: #14,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Malan #14,787, 2,007 people Malan: #14,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Malan #14,787, 2,007 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malan is more common than 90.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,007 people named Malan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,834 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,378.

    #14,787
    rank among US surnames
    2,007
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,492)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,781Bibi2,009153,681
    #14,783Gilyard2,008153,758
    #14,787Malan2,007153,834
    #14,794Groat2,006153,911

    Who is named Malan

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

    80% of people named Malan identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Malans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pedro Malan
      Brazilian professor, academic, economist and electrical engineer, former president of the , born 1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Malan

    Malan has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Malan?
    2,007 people in the United States had the surname Malan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,834 Americans. It ranked 14,787th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malan?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Malan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Malan?
    Pedro Malan, Brazilian professor, academic, economist and electrical engineer, former president of the .
    Where is the surname Malan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Malan in Brazil.
    Is the surname Malan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,007 in 2010, up 46%.