Málek

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Málek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Czech Málek, Polish Małek, Slovene Malek, or a variant of the Muslim name Malik.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.1K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 19K
  • USUnited States1 in 70K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

4,780 people, 2010

Sources
112 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Malek in US United States, PL Poland, NO Norway.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Czech Málek, Polish Małek, Slovene Malek, or a variant of the Muslim name Malik.

Sources 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Málek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Málek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—4,7801 in 70K4.9KMalek112
CZ Czechia#3253,4531 in 3.1K3.5KMálek50
PL Poland#5112,0261 in 19K1KMalek101
BR Brazil—5201 in 407K520—1
SI Slovenia—3091 in 6.8K309—1
HR Croatia—3041 in 14K304——
NO Norway—2201 in 25K364Malek6

4,780 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Málek is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Malèk, Mālek, Malek, Maleḳ

  • English surname40 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Germany, Malaysia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Malek, Màlék, Malék, Màlek, Mălěk

  • Hungarian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, India, Malaysia

    Also written Malek, Màlèk, Malék, Mälék, Màlék

  • Spanish surname41 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, India

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Malek, Màlék, Malék, Mâlëk, Màlek

  • Croatian surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, India, United States, Canada

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

    Also written Malek, Малек, Mâlek, Målêk, Malèk

  • French surname47 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

    Also written Malek, Malék, Màlék, Malèk, Màlek

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, United States

    Also written Malek, Malék

11 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Alois Málek, b. 1893Ivan Málek, b. 1909Miroslav Málek, b. 1915Prokop Málek, b. 1915Jan Málek, b. 1938Vlastislav Málek, b. 1955Petr Málek, b. 1961Daniel Málek, b. 1973Roman Málek, b. 1977Jakub Málek, b. 2002
  • Alois Málekb. 1893CZCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of light industry and Czechoslovak politician (1893-1958)
  • Ivan Málekb. 1909CZCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, Czechoslovak politician, academic, imunologist and microbiologist (1909–1994)
  • Miroslav Málekb. 1915CZCzech gymnast (1915-1995)
  • Prokop Málekb. 1915CZCzech doctor, university educator and scientist (1915–1992)
  • Jan Málekb. 1938CZCzech composer
  • Vlastislav Málekb. 1955CZCzech politician
  • Petr Málekb. 1961CZCzech sport shooter (1961-2019)
  • Daniel Málekb. 1973CZCzech swimmer
  • Roman Málekb. 1977CZCzech ice hockey player (born 1977)
  • Jakub Málekb. 2002CZCzech ice hockey goaltender

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Málek mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech Málek, Polish Małek, Slovene Malek, or a variant of the Muslim name Malik. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 3 other sources.
In which country does Málek have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 4.8 thousand people named Málek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled malek.
Where is Málek most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Málek is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 3.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Málek?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,780 people named Málek in 2010, about 1 in 70 thousand residents.
How common is Málek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Málek is the 325th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Málek” — the 325th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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