as a Last Name
- 1,590
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Malatesta
Meaning & Origins
Italian: nickname for a stubborn, malicious, or treacherous person, from malus (feminine mala) ‘bad’, ‘evil’ + testa ‘head’. In the form Malatestas, this is also found as a Greek name.
| 18,003rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,590
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Malatesta per capita
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