Explore the Family Name Mallik

The meaning of Mallik

Indian and Bangladeshi: variant of Mallick.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Mallik has grown in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 69,636th most common surname, but by 2010 it had moved up to the 56,444th spot, representing an upward shift of 18.94 percent. During this period, the number of people with the Mallik surname also increased from 263 to 362, a growth of 37.64 percent. The proportion of individuals bearing the Mallik surname per 100,000 population also increased by 20 percent over these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,636	#56,444	18.94%
Count	263	362	37.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.12	20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mallik

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Mallik surname identified themselves as Asian/Pacific Islander in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a significant increase in this group during the decade, rising from 66.92 to 77.62 percent. Meanwhile, those identifying as having two or more ethnic identities decreased dramatically from 4.56 to 1.38 percent. The percentage of individuals identifying as White also saw a decline from 27.38 percent in 2000 to 18.51 percent in 2010. Interestingly, the data shows a small emergence of Hispanic identity among the Mallik surname bearers in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000. Conversely, there were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	66.92%	77.62%	15.99%
White	27.38%	18.51%	-32.4%
Hispanic	0%	1.93%	0%
Two or More Races	4.56%	1.38%	-69.74%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%