# Maly (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maly/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,543 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,236 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 121,410 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.7% (2,319 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Malý, Slovak Malý, and Polish Mały.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maly in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maly in Argentina.

## People named Maly

- Arturo Maly, Argentine actor

## Similar surnames

Malloy, Maloy, Mayle, Maley, Malley, Maul, Malo, Mealey, Male, Mall, Maule, Mallow.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.