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    The surname Magner

    A surname, carried by 2,911 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M256

    Magner: #10,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Magner #10,935, 2,911 people Magner: #10,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Magner #10,935, 2,911 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Magner is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    A variant of the Scottish and Scandinavian surname Magnus. Gaelicized in Ireland as Maingnéir.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,911 people named Magner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,062 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,718.

    #10,935
    rank among US surnames
    2,911
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,773)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,931Cordon2,912106,025
    #10,935Furey2,911106,062
    #10,942McKinnie2,910106,098

    Who is named Magner

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

    94% of people named Magner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Magner come from?
    A variant of the Scottish and Scandinavian surname Magnus. Gaelicized in Ireland as Maingnéir.
    How common is the surname Magner?
    2,911 people in the United States had the surname Magner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,062 Americans. It ranked 10,935th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Magner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Magner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Magner getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,911 in 2010, up 7.1%.