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    The surname Magana

    A surname, carried by 39,105 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M250

    Magana: #888 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Magana #888, 39,105 people Magana: #888 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Magana #888, 39,105 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Magana is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 39,105 people named Magana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,895 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,571.

    #888
    rank among US surnames
    39,105
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,166)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #879Pugh39,5597,805
    #880Mayer39,5557,805
    #881Bender39,5517,806
    #882Shepard39,4307,830
    #883McMahon39,4117,834
    #884Landry39,3917,838
    #885Case39,3197,852

    Who is named Magana

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

    95% of people named Magana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Magana

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Magana?
    39,105 people in the United States had the surname Magana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,895 Americans. It ranked 888th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Magana?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Magana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Magana getting more or less common?
    More common. 27,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,105 in 2010, up 42%.