Trees powered by

The malcolm Surname

malcolm Name Meaning and History

Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Maol-Choluim ‘devotee of (Saint) Columba’ (see Colomb).
Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolcholuim ‘descendant of the devotee of St. Columba’ (Irish Colum Cille, literally ‘dove of the church’). In Ireland the personal name is often spelled Colm; in Scotland it has become Calum.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Learn the meaning and history of your first name

Share this page with friends and family

14–Day Free Trial

Download the Getting Started guide
It's FREE with registration!

malcolm Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add malcolm family facts to your Facebook profile.

Distribution of malcolm Families in the US in 1920

Number of malcolm families

59-115

20-58

1-19

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view malcolm census records

Year

How is this helpful?

You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for malcolm records.
You can see how malcolm families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.

Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
Click here to search malcolm census records.

Search for malcolm records

More resources for your malcolm family history

Malcolm message board

Subscribe to RSS

Begin New Thread

Threads: 203 - Messages: 556

Thread	Author	Replies
Father of Joseph S. Malcolm?	Fellerette92	2
Malcolms - Get your DNA tested!!!	mccollum211	0
Bennett/Malcolm Ca. 1912, Chicago Illinois	Randall Wagner	1
William John Malcolm c.1755	G.Malcolm	5
Ontario Malcolms; Andrew, Norman, and John	batmalcolm	0
MALCOLM William H L 1905-1979	t42MountOlivet	0
MALCOLM John P L and Enid W	t42MountOlivet	0
Malcolm in Illinois	SheilaSchilling	1
Yet another Malcolm branch?	Daniel R. Malcolm	0
Sallie Sue Malcolm of Waxahachie, TX 1920	drbrownlee	1

Viewing 1-10 of 203 | Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?

A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.

Begin your family tree with your name:

The malcolm name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the malcolm family name as far back in history as possible.

Member Connections

Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the malcolm last name.
Search for Ancestry members researching one of your specific ancestors.
Create or update your own Ancestry member profile so that other members can anonymously contact you.

More Tools and Resources

Search Ancestry.com for all of your malcolm ancestors.
Create and publish your own family history book using Ancestry Press.
Learn more about your family history using DNA Ancestry.
Learn more about family history in the Ancestry Learning Center.
Visit the Ancestry.com homepage.

Ancestry.com