How common is the surname Malecki?

1,751 people in the United States had the surname Malecki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malecki?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malecki identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Malecki getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Malecki

A Polish surname, carried by 1,751 people in the United States.

3 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). Malecki is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Małecki or Malecki.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,751 people named Malecki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,810.

#16,427

rank among US surnames

1,751

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,983)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,420	Bardsley	1,752	176,225
#16,427	McGeorge	1,751	176,325

Who is named Malecki

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

96% of people named Malecki identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

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Surnames that sound like Malecki

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

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Malecki come from?: Borrowed from Polish Małecki or Malecki.
How common is the surname Malecki?: 1,751 people in the United States had the surname Malecki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malecki?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malecki identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Malecki getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, down 3.3%.