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    The surname Magwood

    A surname, carried by 1,167 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M230

    Magwood: #22,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Magwood #22,144, 1,167 people Magwood: #22,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Magwood #22,144, 1,167 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Magwood is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,167 people named Magwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,095.

    #22,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,167
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,053)

    Who is named Magwood

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

    80% of people named Magwood identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Magwood

    Magwood has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Magwood?
    1,167 people in the United States had the surname Magwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. It ranked 22,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Magwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Magwood identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Magwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,167 in 2010, up 6.6%.