Magdangan Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Magdangan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magdangan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2561:395,46250,907
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Magdañgan (1) are calculated separately.

Magdangan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magdangan has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can be rendered as a variant: Magdañgan. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magdangan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 990,978th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Magdangan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 395,462. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 54 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 28 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 7 percent are found. Beside The Philippines it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magdañgan961/
Mangdangan952/
Magdagan943/
Magdongon7841/
Magdanong784/
Mokdongan678/
Mookdanan672/
MacDougan671/
Mokddongan631/
MacDonand562/
MacDonongh530/
McDonan504/

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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 Magdangan
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