de Magalhães Surname

151,227th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,913 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

de Magalhães Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Magalhães 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
Angola2,1691:12,4431,529
Portugal3021:34,4972,124
Brazil2711:789,94228,681
France871:763,48093,619
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England111:5,065,278148,650
São Tomé and Príncipe51:35,4851,708
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
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The alternate forms: de Magalhaes (24,746) & de Magalhaës (1) are calculated separately.

de Magalhães Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Magalhães is found in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: de Magalhaes or de Magalhaës. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 151,227th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,501,732 people. The last name de Magalhães is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of de Magalhães live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa.

The surname de Magalhães is most widespread in Angola, where it is carried by 2,169 people, or 1 in 12,443. Aside from Angola this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.

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 Magalhaes9724,746/
de Magalhes9620/
de Magalhaës941/
de Magalhoes9212/
de Magales911/
de Magallhaes883/
de Maghalhaes882/
de Mmagalhaes881/
de Magalhaess881/
de Magalaes8715/
di Magalhaes8310/
da Magalhaes837/
De-Magalhaes834/
de Magalhais834/
da Magalhoes831/
de Maghalaes831/
de Magallaes831/
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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
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  • 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 Magalhães
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