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    The surname Malloch

    A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 517 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M420

    Malloch: #42,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Malloch #42,030, 517 people Malloch: #42,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Malloch #42,030, 517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malloch is more common than 74.1% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Mhalaich (“son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows”).

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

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 517 people named Malloch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 597,187 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 492.

    #42,030
    rank among US surnames
    517
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #41,657)

    Who is named Malloch

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

    93% of people named Malloch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Malloch

    Malloch has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Malloch come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Mhalaich (“son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows”).
    How common is the surname Malloch?
    517 people in the United States had the surname Malloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 597,187 Americans. It ranked 42,030th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malloch?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Malloch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Malloch?
    Malloch is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Malloch getting more or less common?
    More common. 492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 517 in 2010, up 5.1%.