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    The surname Malveaux

    A French surname, carried by 1,719 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M412

    Malveaux: #16,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Malveaux #16,662, 1,719 people Malveaux: #16,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Malveaux #16,662, 1,719 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malveaux is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Malveaux.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,719 people named Malveaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,486.

    #16,662
    rank among US surnames
    1,719
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,483)

    Who is named Malveaux

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

    89% of people named Malveaux identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.2% as two or more races and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Malveaux come from?
    Borrowed from French Malveaux.
    How common is the surname Malveaux?
    1,719 people in the United States had the surname Malveaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. It ranked 16,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malveaux?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Malveaux identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Malveaux getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,719 in 2010, up 16%.