Malinen is a Finnish surname.
As of 2014, 89.8% of all known bearers of the surname Malinen were residents of Finland, 3.6% of Sweden, 1.4% of Russia, 1.3% of the United States, 1.1% of Australia and 1.1% of Estonia.
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,240) in the following regions:[1]