Magadan

surname · Latin script

Meaning: An oblast in far eastern Russia

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/magadan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Magadan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 144K
  • USUnited States1 in 455K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,400 people, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

An oblast in far eastern Russia.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magadan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Magadan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈3,400 est.≈1 in 32K—Magadan26
US United States7311 in 455K768Magadan115
ES Spain6031 in 83K603Magadan69
AR Argentina3151 in 144K315Magadan35
IT Italy≈71 est.≈1 in 881K—Magadan10
CL Chile≈70 est.≈1 in 260K—Magadan10
UY Uruguay521 in 65K52Magadan7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Magadan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Magadán

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, France

    Also written Magadán

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Spain

    Also written Magadán

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Magadán

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Also written Măgădan

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Magadan is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Portuguese, Magadan (an oblast of Russia)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Magadan,Dear Magadan, (English)
InformalHola Magadan,Hi Magadan, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Magadan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020768#32,173
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010731#31,629
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—603#6,872
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—603#6,872
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000503#40,908
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—315—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—52—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Magadan mean, and where does it come from?
An oblast in far eastern Russia. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Magadan?
A machine transcription gives /magadan/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Magadan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Magadan in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magadan.
How common is the name Magadan?
In the United States, the national register counted 731 people named Magadan in 2010, about 1 in 455 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Magadan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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