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    The surname Malla

    A Nepali place surname, carried by 650 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malla is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    Nepali origin

    Borrowed from Nepali मल्ल (malla). Borrowed also from Catalan Malla, a habitational surname from the municipality of Malla, Barcelona.

    Malla is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 650 people named Malla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. That is up 132% since 2000, when the Census counted 280.

    #34,758
    rank among US surnames
    650
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +132.1%
    change since 2000 (was #66,073)

    Who is named Malla

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

    66% of people named Malla identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 11% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 66%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Mallas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gauri Malla
      Actress, born 1987

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Malla

    Malla has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Malla come from?
    Borrowed from Nepali मल्ल (malla). Borrowed also from Catalan Malla, a habitational surname from the municipality of Malla, Barcelona.
    How common is the surname Malla?
    650 people in the United States had the surname Malla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. It ranked 34,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malla?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Malla identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Malla?
    Gauri Malla, actress.
    Where is the surname Malla most common?
    Wikidata records people named Malla in Nepal.
    What type of surname is Malla?
    Malla is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Malla getting more or less common?
    More common. 280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 650 in 2010, up 132%.