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    The surname Maly

    A surname, carried by 2,543 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

    Maly: #12,236 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maly #12,236, 2,543 people Maly: #12,236 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maly #12,236, 2,543 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maly is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Malý, Slovak Malý, and Polish Mały.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,543 people named Maly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,410 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,319.

    #12,236
    rank among US surnames
    2,543
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,299)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,227Greenhalgh2,546121,267
    #12,229Check2,545121,315
    #12,231Dumond2,544121,362
    #12,236Maly2,543121,410
    #12,238Doby2,542121,458
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506

    Who is named Maly

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

    93% of people named Maly identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Malys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Arturo Maly
      Argentine actor, 1939–2001

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maly

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maly come from?
    From Czech Malý, Slovak Malý, and Polish Mały.
    How common is the surname Maly?
    2,543 people in the United States had the surname Maly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,410 Americans. It ranked 12,236th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maly?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Maly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Maly?
    Arturo Maly, Argentine actor.
    Where is the surname Maly most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maly in Argentina.
    Is the surname Maly getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,543 in 2010, up 9.7%.