# Mallory (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mallory/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,578 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,048 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,564 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (16,987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæləɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mallory 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mallory in the United States and Norway.

## People named Mallory

- Molla Mallory, American-Norwegian tennis player (1884-1959)
- Stephen Mallory, American politician (1812–1873)
- James Patrick Mallory, American archaeologist (born 1945)
- Tamika Mallory, American activist
- Stephen Mallory II, American politician (1848-1907)
- Edward Mallory, American actor (1930-2007)
- Lucy Rose Mallory, American writer, publisher, newspaper editor (1846–1920)
- A. J. Finn, American author

## Similar surnames

Mellor, Mallery, Mallari, Miller, Mueller, Muller, Moeller, Millar, Mohler, Mahler, Moller, Melara.

## 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.