The surname Magallon
A Spanish surname, carried by 5,387 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M245
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Magallón.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,387 people named Magallon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,313 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,774.
Who is named Magallon
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Magallon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Magallon
Magallon has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Magallon come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Magallón.
- How common is the surname Magallon?
- 5,387 people in the United States had the surname Magallon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,313 Americans. It ranked 6,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Magallon?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Magallon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Magallon getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,387 in 2010, up 43%.