Malo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Breton name from Latin Maclovius/Malo, name of a saint; origin uncertain
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maləw/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Malo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- ALAlbania≈1 in 2.5K
- FIFinland1 in 10K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Malo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 226 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
14,099 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Albania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Mala in IN India.
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)
Breton name from Latin Maclovius/Malo, name of a saint; origin uncertain.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Malo, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Malo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 14,099 | 1 in 94K | 14K | Mala | 8 |
| CZ Czechia | 6,765as Malá | 1 in 1.6K | 6.8K | — | — |
| ES Spain | 2,821as Mallo | 1 in 18K | 2.8K | Malo | 22 |
| US United States | 2,316 | 1 in 144K | 2.4K | Malo | 101 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 1 | Malo | 116 |
| AL Albania | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 83 | — | — |
| SK Slovakia | 950as Malá | 1 in 5.7K | 950 | — | — |
| UY Uruguay | 811as Mallo | 1 in 4.2K | 811 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 535 | 1 in 10K | 535 | — | 1 |
14,099 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls, counting the spelling malo. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; MVČR — living population register 2017; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Malo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, from the personal name Malo, which was relatively popular in Brittany in the Middle Ages, having been borne by a 6th-century Welsh missionary to the area. His name is also recorded in the Latinized form Maclovius, and perhaps has some connection with Celtic megalos ‘chief’, ‘leader’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, nickname for an unpleasant individual, from Spanish malo ‘bad’, ‘evil’ (Latin malus).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, dérivé de Saint-Malo, le nom d’une localité dans l’Ille-et-Vilaine (Bretagne)
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Origine celtique, signifie « gage lumineux ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Breton/celtique, probablement issu de Maclou; origine religieuse ancienne.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vincent Malob. 1602FRFlemish painter (1602-1644)
- Charles Malo de Lamethb. 1757FRFrench general and politician (1757-1832)
- Gina Malob. 1909USAmerican actress (1909-1963)
- Michel Malob. 1938MGMalagasy catholic priest
- René Malob. 1942CACanadian film producer
- Jean-Pierre Malob. 1951FRFrench actor
- Pablo Malob. 1965ESfilm director
- Carmen Malob. 1972ECOlympic pistol shooter
- Luc Malob. 1973CACanadian politician
- Jonathan Malob. 1983CAbaseball player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 71 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 14K | #785 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 2.5K | #1,991 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 2.5K | #1,991 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.4K | #12,473 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,195 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.3K | #12,573 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 535 | #3,251 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 526 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 276 | #501 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 16 | #60,852 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 16 | #16,600 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Malo mean, and where does it come from?
- Breton name from Latin Maclovius/Malo, name of a saint; origin uncertain. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- How do you pronounce Malo?
- A machine transcription gives /maləw/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Malo have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Malo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mala.
- How common is the name Malo?
- In India, the national register counted 14,099 people named Malo, about 1 in 94 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Malo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.