Rakotomalala
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʁakɔtɔmalala/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rakotomalala is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Madagascar than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common surname.
- MGMadagascar≈1 in 202(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 62K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 600K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Madagascar (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 179 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 202 (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Madagascar, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rakotomalala counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Madagascar | #2 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 202 | 11 | Rakotomalala | 48 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 62K | 124 | Rakotomalala | 179 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Rakotomalala | 16 |
| US United States | — | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 12M | listed | Rakotomalala | 52 |
| ES Spain | — | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Rakotomalala | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 14 | 1 in 600K | 14 | Rakotomalala | 8 |
| BE Belgium | — | 7 | 1 in 1.7M | 7 | Rakotomalala | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jérôme Rakotomalalab. 1913MGMalagasy Catholic cardinal (1913–1975)
- Joel Rakotomalalab. 1929MGMalagasy politician and military personnel (1929-1976)
- Naina Rakotomalalab. 1965MGbadminton player
- Jean-Jacques Rakotomalalab. 1965MGMalagasy judoka (1965-)
- Fenohasina Rakotomalalab. 1985MGbadminton player
- Lantosoa RakotomalalaMGMalagasy politician
- Domoina RakotomalalaMGherpetologist
- François Emile RakotomalalaMGMalagasy politician
- Andriantsilavo Frédéric RakotomalalaMGMalagasy politician
- Olivier RakotomalalaMGMalagasy politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 124 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 53 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 32 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 14 | #47,506 |
| MG Madagascar | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 11 | #1 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 10 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 7 | #85,731 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 3 | — |
| MG Madagascar | Assemblee Nationale de Madagascar — official deputy directory | 2026 | 2 | #4 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Rakotomalala?
- A machine transcription gives /ʁakɔtɔmalala/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Rakotomalala have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 134 thousand people named Rakotomalala in Madagascar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rakotomalala.
- How common is the name Rakotomalala?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 14 people named Rakotomalala in 2024, about 1 in 600 thousand residents.
- How common is Rakotomalala compared with other names?
- In Madagascar, Rakotomalala is the 2nd most common surname of 2,939 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rakotomalalaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rakotomalala” — the 2nd most common surname in Madagascar. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.