How common is the surname Malley?

3,986 people in the United States had the surname Malley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,457 Americans. It ranked 8,313th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Malley?

Garnet Malley, Australian fighter ace of World War I.

Where is the surname Malley most common?

Wikidata records people named Malley in Australia.

Is the surname Malley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,986 in 2010, up 1.2%.

What are other spellings of Malley?

Maley, Mally, Mealey and Mealy.

The surname Malley

An Irish surname, carried by 3,986 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malley is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

* 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.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,986 people named Malley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,457 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,940.

#8,313

rank among US surnames

3,986

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496

Who is named Malley

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

92% of people named Malley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Malleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Garnet Malley
Australian fighter ace of World War I, 1892–1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Malley

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Malley come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Malley?: 3,986 people in the United States had the surname Malley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,457 Americans. It ranked 8,313th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Malley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Malley?: Garnet Malley, Australian fighter ace of World War I.
Where is the surname Malley most common?: Wikidata records people named Malley in Australia.
Is the surname Malley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,986 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Malley?: Maley, Mally, Mealey and Mealy.