How common is the surname Malone?

71,286 people in the United States had the surname Malone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,331 Americans. It ranked 465th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Malone?

Karl Malone, American basketball player (born 1963), followed by Dorothy Malone.

Where is the surname Malone most common?

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

How do you pronounce Malone?

Malone is /məˈloʊn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Malone getting more or less common?

More common. 69,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,286 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Malone

An Irish surname, carried by 71,286 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈloʊn/ 2 syllables Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malone is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Maol Eoin.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 71,286 people named Malone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,331 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 69,257.

#465

rank among US surnames

71,286

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#456	Huang	72,328	4,269
#457	Potter	72,175	4,278
#458	Delacruz	72,109	4,282
#459	Montoya	71,844	4,297
#460	Todd	71,759	4,303
#461	Wu	71,721	4,305
#462	Hines	71,717	4,305

Who is named Malone

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

67% of people named Malone identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Malones

25 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Malone
American basketball player (born 1963)
Dorothy Malone
American actress (1924-2018)
Moses Malone
American basketball player (1955–2015)
Jena Malone
American actress, born 1984
Mike Malone
American basketball coach, born 1971
Ryan Malone
American ice hockey player, born 1979
John C. Malone
American billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist, born 1941
William Malone
American horror filmmaker, born 1953
Molly Malone
American actress (1888-1952)
Jeff Malone
American basketball player-coach, born 1961
Russell Malone
American jazz guitarist (1963–2024)
Vivian Malone Jones
American activist, 1942–2005

Notable Malones come mostly from the United States (24) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Malone

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Malone come from?: From Irish Ó Maol Eoin.
How common is the surname Malone?: 71,286 people in the United States had the surname Malone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,331 Americans. It ranked 465th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malone?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Malone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Malone?: Karl Malone, American basketball player (born 1963), followed by Dorothy Malone.
Where is the surname Malone most common?: Wikidata records people named Malone in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Malone?: Malone is /məˈloʊn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Malone getting more or less common?: More common. 69,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,286 in 2010, up 2.9%.