The Malinowski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,895 people carried this name — #5,857 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,833 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Malinowski surname
From Malinów, Malinowo, or Malinówka (place names) + -ski. Place names from malina (“raspberry”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Malinowski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
41,384 people named Malinowski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 45,787 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 Masovian.
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 261 people named Malinowski.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 99 people named Malinowski 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Malinowski live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Malinowski 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
93 people named Malinowski 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
Malinowski in American newspapers,
1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,551 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Malinowski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mikołaj Malinowski 1799–1865 · historian -
Franciszek Ksawery Malinowski 1807–1881 · priest -
Ernest Malinowski 1818–1899 · engineer -
Lucjan Malinowski 1839–1898 · professor -
Maksymilian Malinowski 1860–1948 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 168 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malinowski.
- Malherbe 127 · U.S. census
- Malick 1,986 · U.S. census
- Malie 108 · U.S. census
- Malik 14,925 · U.S. census
- Malin 4,365 · U.S. census
- Maline 410 · U.S. census
- Malinski 558 · U.S. census
- Malis 484 · U.S. census
- Malivert 157 · U.S. census
- Malka 665 · U.S. census
- Malki 479 · U.S. census
- Mall 1,682 · U.S. census
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