Maalouf

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant of Maloof

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/məəɫuːf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Maalouf is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Lebanon than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 250K
  • USUnited States1 in 531K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Lebanon (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
194 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

variant of Maloof.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maalouf 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 Maalouf is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LB Lebanon#224≈1,400 est.≈1 in 4K—Maalouf58
US United States—6261 in 531K764Maalouf194
MA Morocco—≈380 est.≈1 in 93K—Maalouf17
AE United Arab Emirates—≈310 est.≈1 in 32K—Maalouf48
FR France—≈270 est.≈1 in 250K21Maalouf123
CY Cyprus#288≈100 est.≈1 in 13K—Maalouf6
NZ New Zealand—≈75 est.≈1 in 66K—Maalouf5

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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Maalouf is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Honduras, Lebanon

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Maâlouf

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Maâlouf

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Маалуф, Maaluf, Маалоуф

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Cyprus, Greece

    Also written Μααλουφ

35 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)

1850190019502000Issa Iskandar Maluf, b. 1869Amin El Maalouf, b. 1871Fawzi Maluf, b. 1899Amin Maalouf, b. 1949Edward Maalouf, b. 1968Nedal Malouf, b. 1969Maria Maalouf, b. 1974Fady Maalouf, b. 1976Ibrahim Maalouf, b. 1980Marie Therese Maalouf, b. 1987

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Maalouf,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Maalouf
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020764#32,304
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010626#35,866
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000478#42,677
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19819—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19718—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19412—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18912—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Maalouf mean, and where does it come from?
variant of Maloof. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Maalouf?
A machine transcription gives /məəɫuːf/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Maalouf have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Maalouf in Lebanon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maalouf.
How common is the name Maalouf?
In the United States, the national register counted 626 people named Maalouf in 2010, about 1 in 531 thousand residents.
How common is Maalouf compared with other names?
In Lebanon, Maalouf is the 224th most common surname of 45,185 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, “Maalouf” — the 224th most common surname in Lebanon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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