How common is the surname Mallory?

17,578 people in the United States had the surname Mallory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,564 Americans. It ranked 2,048th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mallory?

Molla Mallory, American-Norwegian tennis player (1884-1959), followed by Stephen Mallory.

Where is the surname Mallory most common?

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

How do you pronounce Mallory?

Mallory is /ˈmæləɹi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mallory getting more or less common?

More common. 16,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,578 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Mallory also a first name?

Yes. Mallory is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mallory

A French nickname surname, carried by 17,578 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmæləɹi/ 3 syllables Soundex M460 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mallory is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

Mallory is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,578 people named Mallory in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,564 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,987.

#2,048

rank among US surnames

17,578

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,944)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,039	Cagle	17,647	17,496
#2,040	Bauman	17,641	17,502
#2,041	Friend	17,635	17,508
#2,042	Crespo	17,629	17,514
#2,043	Calvert	17,619	17,523
#2,044	Corcoran	17,607	17,535
#2,045	Cornejo	17,591	17,551

Who is named Mallory

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

62% of people named Mallory identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mallorys

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1980
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, born 1979

Notable Mallorys come mostly from the United States (7) and Norway (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mallory

Mallory has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mallory come from?: From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).
How common is the surname Mallory?: 17,578 people in the United States had the surname Mallory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,564 Americans. It ranked 2,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mallory?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Mallory identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mallory?: Molla Mallory, American-Norwegian tennis player (1884-1959), followed by Stephen Mallory.
Where is the surname Mallory most common?: Wikidata records people named Mallory in the United States and Norway.
How do you pronounce Mallory?: Mallory is /ˈmæləɹi/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Mallory?: Mallory is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Mallory getting more or less common?: More common. 16,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,578 in 2010, up 3.5%.
Is Mallory also a first name?: Yes. Mallory is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.