# Malik (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/malik/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,925 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,429 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,686 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (10,376 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈlik/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Malik in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 67% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Malik in Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Malik

- Adam Malik, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (1978–1983)
- Art Malik, British actor
- Osama Malik, Australian soccer player

## Similar surnames

Malek, Malick, Malecki, Malak, Melick, Mallick, Mihalik, Maleski, Mills, Miles, Myles, Mullis.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.