de Magalhais Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
France

de Magalhais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Magalhais Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France11:66,422,722504,397

de Magalhais Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Magalhais Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Magalhais occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of de Magalhais click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Magalhais? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname de Magalhais occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of de Magalhais are found; 75 percent are found in South America and 75 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil de Magalhais is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 67 percent are found and Paraná, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this last name exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Magalhaes9224,746/
de Magalhaës921/
de Magallhaes883/
de Maghalhaes882/
de Magalhaess881/
de Mmagalhaes881/
de Magalhes8720/
de Magalaes8715/
de Magalhães832,913/
de Magalhoes8312/
di Magalhaes8310/
da Magalhaes837/
De-Magalhaes834/
de Maghalaes831/
de Magallaes831/
de Magales821/
da Magalhoes751/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Magalhais
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