The Malik surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 10,376 people carried this name — #3,172 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,000 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
5,870 people named Malik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,183 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 Lesser 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
457 people named Malik live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 420 people named Malik 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 124 people named Malik.
Most of them — 73 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 print
Malik in American newspapers,
1901–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,033 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Malik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vinzenz Malik 1854–1924 · politician -
Charles Malik 1906–1987 · writer -
Yakov Malik 1906–1980 · diplomat -
Richard Malik 1909–1945 · association football player -
Franciszek Malik 1912–2006 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 175 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malik.
- Malette 382 · U.S. census
- Maley 4,869 · U.S. census
- Malfatti 150 · U.S. census
- Malherbe 104 · U.S. census
- Malick 1,590 · U.S. census
- Malie 135 · U.S. census
- Malin 3,988 · U.S. census
- Maline 435 · U.S. census
- Malinowski 5,833 · U.S. census
- Malinski 625 · U.S. census
- Malis 500 · U.S. census
- Malivert 109 · U.S. census
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