How common is the surname Malinowski?

5,895 people in the United States had the surname Malinowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,374 Americans. It ranked 5,857th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malinowski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malinowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Malinowski?

Tom Malinowski, American diplomat and politician.

Where is the surname Malinowski most common?

Wikidata records people named Malinowski in the United States.

Is the surname Malinowski getting more or less common?

More common. 5,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,895 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Malinowski

A Polish surname, carried by 5,895 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malinowski is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Malinowski.

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 5,895 people named Malinowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,374 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,833.

#5,857

rank among US surnames

5,895

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,481)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,848	Neubauer	5,911	52,232
#5,849	Hatten	5,907	52,268
#5,850	Alt	5,906	52,277
#5,851	Tull	5,904	52,294
#5,852	Sayles	5,902	52,312
#5,853	Ochs	5,901	52,321
#5,854	Boatman	5,899	52,339

Who is named Malinowski

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

96% of people named Malinowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Malinowskis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Malinowski
American diplomat and politician, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Malinoski

Malinowski has the Soundex code M452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M452.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Malinowski come from?: Borrowed from Polish Malinowski.
How common is the surname Malinowski?: 5,895 people in the United States had the surname Malinowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,374 Americans. It ranked 5,857th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malinowski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malinowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Malinowski?: Tom Malinowski, American diplomat and politician.
Where is the surname Malinowski most common?: Wikidata records people named Malinowski in the United States.
Is the surname Malinowski getting more or less common?: More common. 5,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,895 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Malinowski?: Malinoski.