How common is the surname Malm?

2,188 people in the United States had the surname Malm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,109 Americans. It ranked 13,815th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malm?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Malm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Malm getting more or less common?

More common. 2,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,188 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Malm

A surname, carried by 2,188 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malm is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,188 people named Malm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,109 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,129.

#13,815

rank among US surnames

2,188

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,165)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,806	Mizrahi	2,190	140,980
#13,810	Rayborn	2,189	141,044
#13,815	O'Rear	2,188	141,109
#13,824	Petrey	2,187	141,173

Who is named Malm

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

93% of people named Malm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Malm

Malm has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

Questions

How common is the surname Malm?: 2,188 people in the United States had the surname Malm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,109 Americans. It ranked 13,815th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malm?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Malm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Malm getting more or less common?: More common. 2,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,188 in 2010, up 2.8%.