# Magalhães (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/magalhaes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,119 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,880 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 275,912 people |
| Change since 2000 | +54% (727 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Magalhães in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Magalhães in Brazil.

## People named Magalhães

- Gabriel Magalhães, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
- Antônio Carlos Magalhães, Brazilian politician (1927-2007)
- Yoná Magalhães, Brasilian actress (1935–2015)
- Démosthenes Magalhães, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician
- Sidney Magal, Brazilian singer, dancer and actor
- ACM Neto, Brazilian politician, mayor of Salvador between 2013 and 2020

## Similar surnames

McLaughlin, McCullough, McAllister, Michaels, McAlister, McCloskey, McCallister, McCulloch, Mickelson, Michels, Michalski, McCluskey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.