How common is the surname Maloy?

5,068 people in the United States had the surname Maloy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,921 Americans. It ranked 6,664th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Maloy getting more or less common?

More common. 4,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,068 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Maloy

A surname, carried by 5,068 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maloy is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,068 people named Maloy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,921 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,786.

#6,664

rank among US surnames

5,068

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,655	Galbreath	5,083	60,741
#6,656	Burson	5,082	60,753
#6,657	Hammack	5,080	60,777
#6,658	Beauregard	5,078	60,801
#6,661	Forest	5,076	60,825
#6,662	Dore	5,075	60,837
#6,663	Vanbuskirk	5,073	60,861

Who is named Maloy

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

81% of people named Maloy identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maloy

Maloy has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

Questions

How common is the surname Maloy?: 5,068 people in the United States had the surname Maloy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,921 Americans. It ranked 6,664th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maloy?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Maloy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Maloy getting more or less common?: More common. 4,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,068 in 2010, up 5.9%.