Malin Surname
Approximately 22,326 people bear this surname
Malin Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mallin' from Mary, nick. Mall, diminutive Mall-in or Malin; compare Robin, Colin, Perrin, Gibbin. Molly is always Mally in the Ulverston parish registers to the close of last century; compare.
Read More About This SurnameMalin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,596 | 1:64,771 | 7,569 |
| Somalia | 4,019 | 1:3,347 | 317 |
| England | 2,063 | 1:27,008 | 3,684 |
| Russia | 1,861 | 1:77,444 | 9,880 |
| Guatemala | 1,141 | 1:14,095 | 1,332 |
| Finland | 1,043 | 1:5,270 | 838 |
| France | 815 | 1:81,500 | 11,542 |
| Nepal | 660 | 1:43,153 | 1,392 |
| India | 610 | 1:1,257,484 | 49,869 |
| Philippines | 552 | 1:183,403 | 29,438 |
| Australia | 439 | 1:61,494 | 7,426 |
| Austria | 392 | 1:21,723 | 3,416 |
| Canada | 381 | 1:96,708 | 10,530 |
| Italy | 363 | 1:168,476 | 25,567 |
| Indonesia | 265 | 1:499,054 | 40,843 |
| Norway | 140 | 1:36,731 | 5,190 |
| Malaysia | 125 | 1:235,954 | 13,459 |
| Romania | 109 | 1:184,201 | 18,730 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Belgium | 91 | 1:126,337 | 18,388 |
| Liechtenstein | 90 | 1:426 | 69 |
| Taiwan | 88 | 1:266,418 | 2,209 |
| Kazakhstan | 84 | 1:210,506 | 19,350 |
| Germany | 83 | 1:969,945 | 67,438 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Sweden | 74 | 1:133,064 | 9,401 |
| Argentina | 73 | 1:585,526 | 41,795 |
| New Zealand | 69 | 1:65,628 | 10,016 |
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Ireland | 57 | 1:82,613 | 4,798 |
| Mauritius | 54 | 1:23,952 | 4,937 |
| Lithuania | 53 | 1:57,256 | 8,920 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Latvia | 42 | 1:48,811 | 7,408 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Wales | 41 | 1:75,476 | 6,450 |
| Poland | 38 | 1:1,000,230 | 71,240 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Belarus | 30 | 1:316,702 | 34,864 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Moldova | 20 | 1:178,068 | 17,570 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 969 | 1:25,155 | 3,474 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:149,729 | 6,268 |
| Jersey | 6 | 1:8,647 | 1,503 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 775 | 1:64,798 | 7,061 |
The alternate forms: Mălin (12) & Malín (9) are calculated separately.
Malin (85,650) may also be a first name.
Malin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mallin' from Mary, nick. Mall, diminutive Mall-in or Malin; compare Robin, Colin, Perrin, Gibbin. Molly is always Mally in the Ulverston parish registers to the close of last century; compare.
'Mall, or Maria Frears, of Ulverstone,' 1624: Lancashire Wills, Archdeaconry of Richmond.
Malyna de Acstede, Kent, Henry III— Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Peter Maghlaynsone, Close Rolls, 5 Edward III.
Malyn de Went, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robertas Malyn, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Malynson, 1379: ibid.
Richard Malynson, 1379: ibid.
Beatrix Malyn, doghter, 1379: ibid.
Malin Gogun, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Malin' ad Ecclesiam, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1655. Buried — Thomas Malin: St. Thomas the Apostle.
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Malin'; v. Mallinson.
Hike Molly, a double diminutive of Mary, also of Matilda [v. under Malkin]
(Polish) Dweller where raspberries grew; one who came from Malinowo, in Poland.
(from a place name) From Malin, a town near Kiev in the Ukraine.
Probably from the town of Malines, in Belgium.
The Oxfordshire Malins may perhaps derive their name from Mailing, a Kentish as well as a Sussex parish.
Malin Demographics
Average Malin Salary in
United States
$47,326 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malin (Arabic: مالين, Bengali: মলিন, Georgian: მალინი, Hindi: मालिन, Marathi: मलीन, Oriya: ମାଲିନ, Russian: Малин) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Mălin or Malín. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 24,237th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 326,415 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 33 percent of Malin reside; 27 percent reside in North America and 27 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 11,676th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 85,650 people.
Malin is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 5,596 people, or 1 in 64,771. In The United States Malin is most frequent in: California, where 11 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States Malin occurs in 99 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 18 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.
Malin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Malin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 722 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 173 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 32 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Malin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland, Orthodox (84%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Malin surname are 5.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Malin earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 19.23% less than the national average, earning 279,544 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.96% more than the national average, earning R 301,704 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.54% more than the national average, earning $26,003,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.68% more than the national average, earning $47,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.32% more than the national average, earning $51,830 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malin in the Bengali language | ||
| মলিন | malina | 96.62 |
| মলীন | malina | 1.88 |
| মালিন | malina | 0.56 |
| মালীন | malina | 0.19 |
| মলিণ | malina | 0.19 |
| মলিন্ | malin | 0.19 |
| Malin in the Hindi language | ||
| मालिन | malina | 57.45 |
| मलिन | malina | 19.27 |
| मलीन | malina | 16.73 |
| मालीन | malina | 4 |
| मळन | malana | 0.36 |
| मलिक | malika | 0.36 |
| Malin in the Georgian language | ||
| მალინი | malini | 50 |
| მალინ | malin | 50 |
| Malin in the Marathi language | ||
| मलीन | malina | 41.67 |
| मालीन | malina | 25 |
| मािलन | mailana | 14.74 |
| माळीं | malim | 3.85 |
| मालीं | malim | 2.56 |
| मतीन | matina | 1.92 |
| माळी | mali | 1.28 |
| मलीक | malika | 0.64 |
| मातीन | matina | 0.64 |
| मल | mala | 0.64 |
| मवीन | mavina | 0.64 |
| मनीन | manina | 0.64 |
| मालीण | malina | 0.64 |
| जलीन | jalina | 0.64 |
| Malin in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଲିନ | malina | 40.59 |
| ମାଲିନ୍ | malin | 19.8 |
| ମଲିନ | malina | 10.89 |
| ମଳିନ | malina | 10.89 |
| ମାଳିନ | malina | 8.91 |
| ମଲୀନ | malina | 2.97 |
| ମଲିନ୍ | malin | 0.99 |
| ମାଳିନ୍ | malin | 0.99 |
| ମାଲିଂ | malim | 0.99 |
| ମାଳିଂ | malim | 0.99 |
| ମାଲୀନ | malina | 0.99 |
| Malin in the Russian language | ||
| Малин | malin | - |
| Malin in the Arabic language | ||
| مالين | malyn | - |
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