How common is the surname Malagon?

3,115 people in the United States had the surname Malagon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,116 Americans. It ranked 10,339th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Malagon getting more or less common?

More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,115 in 2010, up 49%.

The surname Malagon

A surname, carried by 3,115 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malagon is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,115 people named Malagon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,116 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,089.

#10,339

rank among US surnames

3,115

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+49.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,372)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,332	Hauer	3,118	99,020
#10,334	Cheshire	3,117	99,052
#10,337	Madson	3,116	99,084
#10,339	Leroux	3,115	99,116
#10,346	Truelove	3,114	99,148
#10,348	Küng	3,113	99,179

Who is named Malagon

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

96% of people named Malagon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Malagon

Malagon has the Soundex code M425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M425.

Questions

How common is the surname Malagon?: 3,115 people in the United States had the surname Malagon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,116 Americans. It ranked 10,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Malagon?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Malagon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Malagon getting more or less common?: More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,115 in 2010, up 49%.