Malet surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Malet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 185 people carried this name — #98,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 168 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Malet surname

Most prevalent in Réunion.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Malet» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,906 people named Malet.

51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often La Réunion.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 51
La Réunion 316
Paris 257
Pyrénées-Orientales 185
Aveyron 148
Aude 142
Landes 119
Seine-Maritime 116
Lozère 115

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 125 people named Malet 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

Buenos Aires Province 71
Chaco 22
Córdoba 17
City of Buenos Aires 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Malet live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 11
Geneva 9
Fribourg 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 21 people named Malet 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 Namur.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Namur 21

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Malet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Baldwin Malet d. 1724
  • Florence Elsie Hickie d. 1956
  • Frances Anne Mary Jacks d. 1934
  • William Malet 1014–1071 · feudatory
  • Gilbert Malet 1057–1105
  • Robert Malet 1088–1155

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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