# Malone (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 71,286 |
| US rank (2010) | 465 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,331 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (69,257 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈloʊn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Maol Eoin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Malone 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Malone in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Malone

- Karl Malone, American basketball player (born 1963)
- Dorothy Malone, American actress (1924-2018)
- Moses Malone, American basketball player (1955–2015)
- Jena Malone, American actress
- Mike Malone, American basketball coach
- Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
- John C. Malone, American billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist
- William Malone, American horror filmmaker
- Molly Malone, American actress (1888-1952)
- Jeff Malone, American basketball player-coach
- Russell Malone, American jazz guitarist (1963–2024)
- Vivian Malone Jones, American activist

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Maloney, Milne, Mallon, Malin, Moline, Malan, Milone, Melone, Molano, Mallonee, Malm, Molina.

## 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.