Magañan Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Magañan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magañan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1311:772,81175,228
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380

The alternate forms: Maganan (28) are calculated separately.

Magañan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magañan is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Maganan. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magañan? popularity and diffusion

Magañan is the 1,558,593rd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Magañan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 772,811. In The Philippines Magañan is most frequent in: Caraga, where 74 percent live, Ilocos, where 6 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 5 percent live. Beside The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cuba, where 1 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
  • 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 Magañan
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