The Malec surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,819 people carried this name — #15,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,724 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Malec surname
A surname from Czech, Slovak, or Polish.
From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Malec.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Malec» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
9,813 people named Malec have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 10,698 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Malec.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Yonne.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Malec live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
32 people named Malec is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Malec in American newspapers,
1917–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,727 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Malec,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fredy Malec Koschitz 1914–2001 · painter -
Fredy Malec Koschitz 1914–2001 · painter
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Fredy Malec Koschitz 1914–2001 · painter
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Alois Malec 1855–1920 · writer
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Stanisław Malec 1895–1943 · physicist
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Franciszek Malec 1898–1945
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malec.
- 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
- Male 1,773 · 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
- Malerba 449 · U.S. census
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