# Malatesta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/malatesta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,358 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,803 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 227,353 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (1,309 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Malatesta in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Malatesta in the Kingdom of Italy, the United States and Papal States.

## People named Malatesta

- Errico Malatesta, anarchist (1853-1932)
- Fred Malatesta, actor (1889-1952)
- Margherita Malatesta, (1370-1399)
- Roberto Malatesta, 15th-century Italian condottiero (1440-1482)

## Similar surnames

Maltese, Meltzer, Milledge, Maultsby.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.