How common is the surname Malatesta?

1,358 people in the United States had the surname Malatesta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,353 Americans. It ranked 19,803rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Malatesta?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Malatesta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Malatesta?

Errico Malatesta, anarchist (1853-1932), followed by Fred Malatesta.

Where is the surname Malatesta most common?

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

Is the surname Malatesta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,358 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Malatesta

A surname, carried by 1,358 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malatesta is more common than 87.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,358 people named Malatesta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,353 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,309.

#19,803

rank among US surnames

1,358

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,796	Rua	1,359	227,186
#19,803	Cahn	1,358	227,353

Who is named Malatesta

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Malatesta identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Malatestas

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Malatestas come mostly from the Kingdom of Italy (1), the United States (1) and Papal States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Malatesta

Maltese

Malatesta has the Soundex code M432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M432.

Questions

How common is the surname Malatesta?: 1,358 people in the United States had the surname Malatesta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,353 Americans. It ranked 19,803rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malatesta?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Malatesta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Malatesta?: Errico Malatesta, anarchist (1853-1932), followed by Fred Malatesta.
Where is the surname Malatesta most common?: Wikidata records people named Malatesta in the Kingdom of Italy, the United States and Papal States.
Is the surname Malatesta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,358 in 2010, up 3.7%.