The Malin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,365 people carried this name — #7,616 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,988 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Malin surname
An English surname originating as a matronymic.
The surname is from a Middle English diminutive of the given name Mary.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Malin» (English), 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 466 people named Malin.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Ain.
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 87 people named Malin 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 46 people named Malin 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 East Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Malin live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
1,158 people named Malin are counted in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Malin in American newspapers,
1913–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,042 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Malin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stan Malin 1878–1903 · Australian rules football player -
Henri Malin 1852– · journalist
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Anton Karl Otto Malin 1863–1932 · judge
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Elin Malin 1868–1959 · activist
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Artur Malin 1871–1939
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Charles Malin 1883–1955 · engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malin.
- Maley 4,651 · U.S. census
- Malfatti 149 · U.S. census
- Malherbe 127 · U.S. census
- Malick 1,986 · U.S. census
- Malie 108 · U.S. census
- Malik 14,925 · U.S. census
- Maline 410 · U.S. census
- Malinowski 5,895 · U.S. census
- Malinski 558 · U.S. census
- Malis 484 · U.S. census
- Malivert 157 · U.S. census
- Malka 665 · U.S. census
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