Malcom Surname

91,114th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Malcom Surname Definition:

(Celtic) (Shaven) Servant or Disciple of St. Columba [Gaelic mael, shaven one, monk, servant, disciple + Coluim, of Columba]

Malcom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3371:83,5749,473
Papua New Guinea2031:40,1664,870
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Canada1111:331,94230,257
England671:831,61344,286
Australia571:473,60936,415
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Jamaica351:81,9983,758
Saint Lucia221:8,126912
India131:59,005,029552,550
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
France81:8,302,840321,660
Scotland71:764,83125,488
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2081:17,9961,878
England381:641,45731,575
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8141:61,6946,766

Malcom (9,921) may also be a first name.

Malcom Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) (Shaven) Servant or Disciple of St. Columba [Gaelic mael, shaven one, monk, servant, disciple + Coluim, of Columba]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) Descendant of Malcolm (devotee of St. Columba, dove).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Malcom Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malcom Come From? nationality or country of origin

Malcom (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻮﻡ) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malcom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 91,114th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,386,783 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Malcom live; 85 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. Malcom is also the 61,577th most numerous given name worldwide, held by 9,921 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4,337 people, or 1 in 83,574. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 22 percent are found, Texas, where 6 percent are found and Illinois, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States Malcom occurs in 64 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent are found.

Malcom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Malcom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Malcom surname rose 533 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 97 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Malcom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (69%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Malcom last name are 25.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.08% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Malcom earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.5% less than the national average, earning $39,913 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $56,288 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malcome92124/
Malchom9211/
Malcomm926/
Malcoom923/
Mailcom921/
Malcomn921/
Malsom831,380/
Malcon83428/
Malkom8387/
Malcum8374/
Malcam835/
Malqom832/
Molcom831/
Malzoom77564/
Malcoun7757/
Malcham7724/
Malzoum779/
Malcoon778/
Malchum775/
Malcone774/
Malcohn772/
Malkoum771/
Malckam771/
Malsoom771/
Malkoom771/
Malsome770/
Malzohm770/
Mallsom770/
Moolcome715/
Maulckam711/
Mailecon711/
Molchoom711/
Mallesom710/
Molsom676,239/
Malsam675,833/
Malkam67707/
Malcan67138/
Malzam67114/
Malkon6753/
Malcanova6729/
Malkum6728/
Molcon678/
Molkom678/
Maljam677/
Malqam673/
Malcón671/
Mailekoum671/
Malchaham671/
Molzom671/
Malzum671/
Molcum670/

Malcom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malcom in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺎﻟﻜﻮﻡmalkwm-

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