Explore the Family Name Mallia

The meaning of Mallia

1. Italian (Sicily): probably from medieval Greek mallia ‘fleece, hair’, classical Greek mallos ‘fleece’; compare Mallo. 2. Irish: variant of Malia 2. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Carmel, Carmelo, Corrado, Palma.

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

According to the data collected from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mallia has slightly decreased in popularity over a decade, moving from rank 31,202 in the year 2000 to rank 32,268 in 2010, representing a change of -3.42%. Despite the drop in ranking, the actual count of people bearing the surname Mallia increased from 703 in 2000 to 714 in 2010, an increase of 1.56%. However, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100k people decreased by 7.69% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,202	#32,268	-3.42%
Count	703	714	1.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mallia

The ethnicity distribution for the surname Mallia, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows that there has been a slight increase in diversity from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased from 94.74% in 2000 to 93.00% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic saw increases of 7.69% and 21.49%, respectively. Furthermore, the percentage of individuals identifying as two or more ethnicities more than doubled, growing from 0.85% in 2000 to 1.82% in 2010. No changes were recorded for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.74%	93%	-1.84%
Hispanic	2.42%	2.94%	21.49%
Two or More Races	0.85%	1.82%	114.12%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.56%	1.68%	7.69%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%