How common is the surname Malin?

4,365 people in the United States had the surname Malin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,732 Americans. It ranked 7,616th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malin?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Malin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Malin?

Jesse Malin, American musician, followed by Andreas Malin.

Where is the surname Malin most common?

Wikidata records people named Malin in the United States and Liechtenstein.

How do you pronounce Malin?

Malin is /ˈmælɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Malin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,365 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Malin

An English patronymic surname, carried by 4,365 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmælɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malin is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

The surname is from a Middle English diminutive of the given name Mary.

Malin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,365 people named Malin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,732 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,988.

#7,616

rank among US surnames

4,365

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,694)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,612	Urbano	4,368	70,684
#7,613	Saito	4,367	70,700
#7,614	Kasten	4,366	70,716
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732
#7,617	Colston	4,363	70,765

Who is named Malin

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

91% of people named Malin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Malins

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jesse Malin
American musician, born 1968
Andreas Malin
Association football player, born 1994
Michael C. Malin
American astronomer and planetary scientist, born 1950

Notable Malins come mostly from the United States (2) and Liechtenstein (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Mallin

Surnames that sound like Malin

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Malin come from?: The surname is from a Middle English diminutive of the given name Mary.
How common is the surname Malin?: 4,365 people in the United States had the surname Malin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,732 Americans. It ranked 7,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malin?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Malin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Malin?: Jesse Malin, American musician, followed by Andreas Malin.
Where is the surname Malin most common?: Wikidata records people named Malin in the United States and Liechtenstein.
How do you pronounce Malin?: Malin is /ˈmælɪn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Malin?: Malin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Malin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,365 in 2010, up 9.5%.
What are other spellings of Malin?: Mallin.