Find out how popular the last name Malfabon is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Malfabon.

Malfabon, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Malfabon surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Malfabon in America

Malfabon is the 159712th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Malfabon surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Malfabon.

The history of the last name Malfabon

The surname Malfabon has its origins in France, with the earliest records dating back to the 12th century. It is believed to have been derived from the Old French words "mal" meaning "bad" and "fabon" meaning "bean." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone involved in the cultivation or trade of low-quality beans.

One of the earliest documented mentions of the name Malfabon can be found in the Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a medieval cartulary from the 12th century. The name appears in a record of land transactions, indicating that individuals bearing the surname were landowners or residents in the region surrounding Paris.

In the 13th century, the name Malfabon can be traced to the region of Normandy, where it was likely associated with the agricultural communities in the area. A notable individual from this time was Jehan Malfabon, a farmer who was mentioned in the Rôles de l'Échiquier de Normandie, a collection of administrative records from the Exchequer of Normandy.

By the 14th century, the Malfabon surname had spread across various regions of France, including Brittany and the Île-de-France. In the city of Rennes, a certain Gilles Malfabon was a prominent merchant and landowner, as recorded in the city's archives from the 1360s.

During the 15th century, the Malfabon name gained further prominence with the emergence of a noble family in the region of Poitou. The most notable member of this family was Guillaume Malfabon, a knight who fought alongside Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years' War. Records from the time indicate that he was born in 1412 and died in battle in 1453.

Another significant figure bearing the Malfabon name was Étienne Malfabon, a scholar and theologian who lived in the 16th century. Born in Normandy in 1505, he studied at the University of Paris and later became a renowned professor of theology. His writings on religious philosophy and ethics were widely circulated during his lifetime, and he is credited with contributing to the intellectual discourse of the Renaissance period in France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Malfabon

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Malfabon.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Malfabon was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Malfabon was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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