The Malle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 291 people carried this name — #67,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 20% from 242 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 609 people named Malle.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Malle live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
32 people named Malle 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).
Who carried it
People named Malle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Malle 1932–1995 · screenwriter -
Pierre Nicolas François Malle 1805–1852 · physician
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Jean-François Malle 1926–2000 · racing driver
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Günther Malle 1940– · mathematician
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Avguštin Malle 1944– · historian
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Avguštin Malle 1944– · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malle.
- Malka 665 · U.S. census
- Malki 479 · U.S. census
- Mall 1,682 · U.S. census
- Malla 650 · U.S. census
- Mallard 6,583 · U.S. census
- Mallay 150 · U.S. census
- Mallek 364 · U.S. census
- Mallen 980 · U.S. census
- Maller 579 · U.S. census
- Mallet 1,997 · U.S. census
- Malley 3,986 · U.S. census
- Mallia 714 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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