Magwan Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Magwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2461:411,53752,227
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Magwan (17) may also be a first name.

Magwan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Magwan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Magwan is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Magwan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,006,539th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Magwan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

This last name is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 411,537. In The Philippines Magwan is mostly concentrated in: Davao Region, where 78 percent are found, Soccsksargen, where 19 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Magwan
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