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Throughout the world, Malcom (Malcom , مالكوم, مالكولم) is quite a common masculine first name. The forename Malcom is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Cameroon, where it is a rare boy's name, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and France. Likewise, Malcom is the last name as well as the forename.
Malcom is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Malcom (Malcolm) Groeme (Graeme) , the operatic character in the opera La donna del lago by Gioachino Rossini; Merlyn , the fictional character in the DC Comics Universe, The Flash; Malcolm Reed , the fictional character from Star Trek: Enterprise, Carpenter Street; Malcolm Reynolds , the fictional character from Firefly, Serenity and Malcolm Merlyn , the fictional character from the television series Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, and in many other works.