The Mala surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 231 people carried this name — #77,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
300 people named Mala have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 786 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
148 people named Mala live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Mala.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mala.
- Major 19,791 · U.S. census
- Maka 649 · U.S. census
- Makhlouf 284 · U.S. census
- Makowski 3,957 · U.S. census
- Maksimovic 165 · U.S. census
- Mal 233 · U.S. census
- Malacarne 145 · U.S. census
- Malaguti 157 · U.S. census
- Malaise 125 · U.S. census
- Malan 1,378 · U.S. census
- Malara 403 · U.S. census
- Malaret 136 · U.S. census
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