Magalhanes Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Magalhanes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Magalhanes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magalhanes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Magalhanes occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magalhanes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Magalhanes is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Magalhanes are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 63 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil Magalhanes is most common in: Maranhão, where 80 percent live and Pernambuco, where 20 percent live. Other than Brazil Magalhanes occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 13 percent live and Peru, where 13 percent live.
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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 Magalhanes
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