Magerhans Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Magerhans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magerhans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1151:700,04753,529
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Magerhans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magerhans is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magerhans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Magerhans is the 1,596,935th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Magerhans reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany Magerhans is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 51 percent are found, Hesse, where 38 percent are found and Bavaria, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Magerhans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Magerhans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Magerhans last name rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Magerhans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Magerhans surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Magerhans earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mazerans821/
Mascerans781/
Masiranje561/
Mugyiraneza506/
Mugereneeza501/
Mugyiranezi501/

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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 Magerhans
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