Family name Malatesta (Malatesta 
, Малатеста 
) , worldwide, is quite a common cognomen. The family name Malatesta is habitual in Italy, where it is quite a rare surname, Argentina, and Paraguay. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Italy, the United States, and Argentina. Much less frequently, Malatesta is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Malatesta | Italy, France, Brazil, United States, Argentina |
| Малатеста | Ukraine, Russia |
| giovanni malatesta politician, IT (b. 1101) |
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| malatesta i malatesta Italian condottiero, IT (b. 1183) |
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gianciotto malatesta Italian noble, IT (b. 1240) |
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| joan i malatesta (b. 1185) |
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paolo malatesta Italian noble, IT (b. 1246) |
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| malatesta da verucchio Italian condottieri, IT (b. 1212) |
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| malatestino i malatesta Italian noble, IT (b. 1254) |
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| pandolf i malatesta Italian condottiero (b. 1267) |
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| uberto malatesta Italian politician and condottiero (b. 1270) |
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| galeotto i malatesta Italian condottiero, IT (b. 1299) |
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| malatesta ii malatesta Italian condottiero (b. 1299) |
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| guglielmo malatesta Italian condottiero (b. 1301) |
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| antonia malatesta di cesena Duchess of Milan, IT (b. 1301) |
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| ramberto i malatesta Italian condottiero (b. 1302) |
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| leale malatesta IT (b. 1301) |
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