How common is the surname Malec?

1,819 people in the United States had the surname Malec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. It ranked 15,964th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malec?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Malec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Malec getting more or less common?

More common. 1,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,819 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Malec

A Czech surname, carried by 1,819 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). Malec is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Malec.

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 1,819 people named Malec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,724.

#15,964

rank among US surnames

1,819

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,570)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,955	Brightman	1,821	169,547
#15,959	Burchette	1,820	169,640
#15,964	Cuccia	1,819	169,734
#15,970	Deines	1,818	169,827

Who is named Malec

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

94% of people named Malec identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Malets
Maletz

Surnames that sound like Malec

Malec 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 Malec come from?: From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Malec.
How common is the surname Malec?: 1,819 people in the United States had the surname Malec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,734 Americans. It ranked 15,964th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malec?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Malec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Malec getting more or less common?: More common. 1,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,819 in 2010, up 5.5%.
What are other spellings of Malec?: Malets and Maletz.