The Malo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,316 people carried this name — #13,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,259 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 743 people named Malo.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 107 people named Malo 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 Santa Fe.
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 75 people named Malo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
68 people named Malo 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 the Nordic population registers
323 people named Malo are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Malo in American newspapers,
1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 191,326 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Malo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Malo François Lameth 1757–1832 · military personnel -
Benigno Malo 1807–1870 · lawyer -
Charles Malo 1835–1914 · composer -
Eulogio Malo Sánchez d. 1936 · educator
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Vincent Malo (I) 1602–1644 · painter
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Vincent Malo (I) 1606–1644 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Malo.
- Mallon 5,188 · U.S. census
- Mallot 141 · U.S. census
- Mally 669 · U.S. census
- Malnar 591 · U.S. census
- Malnati 260 · U.S. census
- Malnory 143 · U.S. census
- Malolepszy 106 · U.S. census
- Malon 363 · U.S. census
- Malter 397 · U.S. census
- Maltese 1,887 · U.S. census
- Maly 2,543 · U.S. census
- Malys 192 · U.S. census
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