The Malen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 297 people carried this name — #66,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 316 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Malen.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Vaucluse.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Malen 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 the Nordic population registers
195 people named Malen are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Malen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Serge Malen 1947– · politician
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Jonathan Malen 1987– · actor
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Donyell Malen 1999– · association football player
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Lenore Malen 2000– · artist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malen.
- Malcuit 237 · U.S. census
- Maldonado 121,526 · U.S. census
- Male 1,773 · U.S. census
- Malec 1,819 · U.S. census
- Malecki 1,751 · U.S. census
- Malek 4,780 · U.S. census
- Malenfant 711 · U.S. census
- Maler 330 · U.S. census
- Malerba 449 · U.S. census
- Males 656 · U.S. census
- Malet 185 · U.S. census
- Malette 381 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Malen is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.