Malick
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈmæɫɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Malick is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 46th most common surname. Recorded meaning: relationship name from the Middle English female personal name Malin, a diminutive form of Mall or Mald (Maud). See Mall and compare Mallinson , Malt , Maude (2).
- PKPakistan≈1 in 147as Malik(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 585as Malik
- BHBahrain≈1 in 681as Malik
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 Malick 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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #550 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 330 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 147 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600,000 named Malik, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est., as Malik
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Malik in IN India, PK Pakistan, SA Saudi Arabia and 5 more.
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)
relationship name from the Middle English female personal name Malin, a diminutive form of Mall or Mald (Maud). See Mall and compare Mallinson , Malt , Maude (2). Pronunciation of final -in often weakened to /ə/, which could alternatively be spelled -en or -on. The first vowel in Malin may be short (as in pal), hence the variant Mallin , or long (as in pale), giving rise to the variants Maylin and Mealing. Vacillation between -in and -ing is not uncommon and the variant Ma(y)l(l)an sometimes attracted an excrescent -d, leading to possible confusion with the locative names Malling and Mayland .
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nordic Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Malick 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #46 | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 147 | listed | Malik | 162 |
| IN India | #105 | 675,360as Malik | 1 in 2K | 675K | Malik | 274 |
| BD Bangladesh | #224 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Malik | 69 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #35 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Malik | 108 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.2K | listed | Malik | 37 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #18 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 585 | — | Malik | 135 |
| BH Bahrain | #32 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 681 | — | Malik | 44 |
| KW Kuwait | #90 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Malik | 45 |
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. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Georges Malickb. 1893FRFrench official (1893–1954)
- Terrence Malickb. 1943USAmerican film director and screenwriter (born 1943)
- Wendie Malickb. 1950USAmerican film, television and voice actress
- Amna Malickb. 1997PKPakistani actress
- Mercy MalickUSAmerican actress
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 67 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 104 | #3,605 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 80 | #32,927 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- How do you pronounce Malick?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmæɫɪk/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Malick have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 million people named Malik in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Malick mean?
- Recorded meaning: relationship name from the Middle English female personal name Malin, a diminutive form of Mall or Mald (Maud). See Mall and compare Mallinson , Malt , Maude (2).
- How common is the name Malick?
- In India, the national register counted 675,360 people named Malik, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Malick compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Malick is the 46th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/malickThe 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, “Malick” — the 46th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.