The Maly surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,543 people carried this name — #12,236 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 116,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,319 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Maly surname
From Czech Malý, Slovak Malý, and Polish Mały.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maly» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
706 people named Maly have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 844 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 182 people named Maly.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.
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 48 people named Maly 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
47 people named Maly live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 print
Maly in American newspapers,
1894.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,016,981 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Maly,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josef Maly 1857–1912 · lawyer -
Ida Maly 1894–1941 · artist -
Vinzenz Frh. Maly von Vevanović 1808–1878 · beamter
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August von Maly 1835–1893 · painter
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August von Maly 1835–1893 · painter
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Richard Maly 1839–1891 · chemist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maly.
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