Magana Surname
Approximately 44,247 people bear this surname
Magana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28,992 | 1:12,502 | 1,552 |
| Philippines | 6,229 | 1:16,253 | 1,848 |
| South Africa | 1,924 | 1:28,159 | 3,626 |
| Tanzania | 1,328 | 1:39,866 | 4,574 |
| Belize | 1,101 | 1:323 | 44 |
| Nigeria | 1,020 | 1:173,669 | 10,740 |
| Kenya | 592 | 1:78,007 | 7,248 |
| Mexico | 446 | 1:278,310 | 6,506 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Cuba | 254 | 1:45,365 | 1,926 |
| Cameroon | 185 | 1:112,265 | 13,040 |
| France | 176 | 1:377,402 | 56,030 |
| Canada | 168 | 1:219,319 | 21,150 |
| Niger | 87 | 1:220,598 | 7,246 |
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Colombia | 26 | 1:1,837,464 | 11,767 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Guatemala | 11 | 1:1,462,061 | 5,661 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
The alternate forms: Magaña (111,568) & Magańa (1) are calculated separately.
Magana (8,736) may also be a first name.
Magana Demographics
Magana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Magana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magana is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Magaña or Magańa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,681st most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 164,701 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Magana live; 67 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 67,042nd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 8,736 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 28,992 people, or 1 in 12,502. In The United States Magana is mostly concentrated in: California, where 56 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 77 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Magana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Magana surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Kenya and Christian (54%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Magana last name are 42.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.7% registered with the party.
The amount Magana earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 8.42% less than the national average, earning 316,940 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 36.07% less than the national average, earning R 151,932 per year; in United States they earn 13.35% less than the national average, earning $37,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.24% less than the national average, earning $37,639 CAD per year.
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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
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