How common is the surname Magan?

720 people in the United States had the surname Magan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 428,813 Americans. It ranked 32,031st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Magan?

In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Magan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Magan getting more or less common?

Less common. 785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 720 in 2010, down 8.3%.

The surname Magan

A surname, carried by 720 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Magan is more common than 80.3% of them.

Origin

* As a Spanish surname, from Magán, a village in Toledo. * As a German surname, from Old High German mugan (“to be able”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 720 people named Magan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 428,813 Americans. That is down 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 785.

#32,031

rank among US surnames

720

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-8.3%

change since 2000 (was #28,584)

Who is named Magan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

63% of people named Magan identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Magan

Magan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Questions

Where does the surname Magan come from?: * As a Spanish surname, from Magán, a village in Toledo. * As a German surname, from Old High German mugan (“to be able”).
How common is the surname Magan?: 720 people in the United States had the surname Magan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 428,813 Americans. It ranked 32,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Magan?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Magan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Magan getting more or less common?: Less common. 785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 720 in 2010, down 8.3%.