The surname Malcom
A surname, carried by 3,680 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M425
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,680 people named Malcom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,898 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,570.
#8,896
rank among US surnames
3,680
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+3.1%
change since 2000 (was #8,502)
Who is named Malcom
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named Malcom identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 75%
- Black (not Hispanic) 20%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Malcom
Malcom has the Soundex code M425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M425.
Questions
- How common is the surname Malcom?
- 3,680 people in the United States had the surname Malcom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,898 Americans. It ranked 8,896th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Malcom?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Malcom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Malcom getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,680 in 2010, up 3.1%.