Magidson Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Magidson Surname Definition:

(from the name of a male ancestor) and (from an ancestor's occupation) Son of the preacher (maggid, in Hebrew). Another form is Magida. Magid sometimes appears as Magit.

Magidson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4201:862,99765,593
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Latvia251:82,00212,055
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
England171:3,277,533109,658
Israel141:611,26042,949
France51:13,284,544357,392
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Magidson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a male ancestor) and (from an ancestor's occupation) Son of the preacher (maggid, in Hebrew). Another form is Magida. Magid sometimes appears as Magit.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Magidson Last Name Facts

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

Magidson (Russian: Магидсон) is most common in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magidson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Magidson is the 526,285th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. The last name Magidson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Magidson reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 862,997. In The United States Magidson is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 9 percent live and Belgium, where 5 percent live.

Magidson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Magidson surname are 10.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.29% being registered with the party.

The amount Magidson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 149.44% more than the national average, earning R 592,764 per year; in United States they earn 42.2% more than the national average, earning $61,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 92.25% more than the national average, earning $95,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Magidson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Magidson in the Russian language
Магидсонmagidson-

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