Explore the Family Name Malamud

The meaning of Malamud

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Melamed ‘teacher’. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Moshe, Leyb, Mendel, Gitla, Isaak, Moysey, Rimma, Yetta, Yisroel, Yossi. Russian Arkadiy, Boris, Iosif, Mikhail, Raisa, Yafim.

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How common is the last name Malamud in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Malamud held the 55,481st rank in popularity in the year 2000 and dropped slightly to the 57,639th position in 2010, representing a decrease of 3.89%. Despite this reduction in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Malamud name increased marginally from 346 to 353 over the same period, a rise of 2.02%. The proportion of people named Malamud per 100,000 also decreased by 7.69% between 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,481	#57,639	-3.89%
Count	346	353	2.02%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Malamud

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that there was no recorded change in the number of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals with the Malamud surname between 2000 and 2010. However, there were notable shifts within other ethnic groups. The percentage of Whites having the surname Malamud increased from 91.62% to 93.77%, a growth of 2.35%. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic saw an 11.76% decrease. Furthermore, all individuals who identified as belonging to two or more races and had the surname Malamud disappeared from the record in 2010, down from 2.31% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.62%	93.77%	2.35%
Hispanic	5.78%	5.1%	-11.76%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.31%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%