How common is the surname Malpass?

1,488 people in the United States had the surname Malpass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. It ranked 18,540th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malpass?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malpass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Malpass?

David Malpass, American economist, followed by Eric Malpass.

Where is the surname Malpass most common?

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

Is the surname Malpass getting more or less common?

More common. 1,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,488 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Malpass

A surname, carried by 1,488 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M412

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malpass is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Malpas.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,488 people named Malpass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,411.

#18,540

rank among US surnames

1,488

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,188)

Who is named Malpass

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

96% of people named Malpass identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Malpasss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Malpass
American economist, born 1956
Eric Malpass
B. in Derby in 1910, novelist depicting details of life in rural England; lived near Notti

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Malpass

Malpica

Malpass has the Soundex code M412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M412.

Questions

Where does the surname Malpass come from?: Variant of Malpas.
How common is the surname Malpass?: 1,488 people in the United States had the surname Malpass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. It ranked 18,540th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malpass?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malpass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Malpass?: David Malpass, American economist, followed by Eric Malpass.
Where is the surname Malpass most common?: Wikidata records people named Malpass in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Malpass getting more or less common?: More common. 1,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,488 in 2010, up 5.5%.