The MALCOLM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	9,643	3399	0.004	36
United States (1880 census)	979	5555	0.002	20
Change since 1880	+8664	+2156	+0.002	+16
Other Countries
Australia	1,495	1099	0.009	91
United Kingdom	5,910	1064	0.013	129

Top States for MALCOLM by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Florida	1,019	1997	0.006	64
New York	901	2056	0.005	47
California	772	3863	0.002	23
Georgia	514	1992	0.006	63
Michigan	427	2682	0.004	43
Top States for MALCOLM by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
West Virginia	260	1041	0.014	144
Maine	134	1739	0.011	105
New Hampshire	99	1972	0.008	80
Florida	1,019	1997	0.006	64
Georgia	514	1992	0.006	63

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MALCOLM live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MALCOLM represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MALCOLM in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MALCOLM by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MALCOLM

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MALCOLM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MALCOLM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MALCOLM in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	195	2.02
White (Hispanic)	184	1.91
Native American/Alaskan	60	0.62
Asian/Pacific	29	0.3
White (Caucasian)	6,782	70.33
Black/African American	2,393	24.82

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MALCOLM surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MALCOLM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MALCOLM.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.