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    The surname Maloof

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,518 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M410

    Maloof: #18,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maloof #18,286, 1,518 people Maloof: #18,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maloof #18,286, 1,518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maloof is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant of Maalouf.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,518 people named Maloof in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,430.

    #18,286
    rank among US surnames
    1,518
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,996)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,278Merlin1,519203,256
    #18,286Langlais1,518203,390

    Who is named Maloof

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

    91% of people named Maloof identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maloof come from?
    Variant of Maalouf.
    How common is the surname Maloof?
    1,518 people in the United States had the surname Maloof in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maloof?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Maloof identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Maloof getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 6.2%.