The Male surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,773 people carried this name — #16,265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,703 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 605 people named Male.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 97 people named Male live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Male live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Male.
- Malaspina 355 · U.S. census
- Malaterre 164 · U.S. census
- Malatesta 1,358 · U.S. census
- Malaty 109 · U.S. census
- Malcuit 237 · U.S. census
- Maldonado 121,526 · U.S. census
- Malec 1,819 · U.S. census
- Malecki 1,751 · U.S. census
- Malek 4,780 · U.S. census
- Malen 297 · U.S. census
- Malenfant 711 · U.S. census
- Maler 330 · U.S. census
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