# Malley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/malley/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,986 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,313 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 77,457 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (3,940 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maley, Mally, Mealey, Mealy |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly. * Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Malley 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Malley in Australia.

## People named Malley

- Garnet Malley, Australian fighter ace of World War I

## Similar surnames

Malloy, Miley, Maloy, Mayle, Maley, Maly, Malo, Mealey, Male, Mall, Maule, Mallow.

## 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.