Magallon

surname · Latin script

Meaning: habitational name from a place called Magallon in Zaragoza province

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

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

Magallon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In Panama it is the 81st most common surname.

rarermore common
  • PAPanama≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 17K
  • ESSpain1 in 34K

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)

≈6,500 people, est.

Sources
220 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Panama, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name from a place called Magallon in Zaragoza province.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magallon 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 Magallon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈6,500 est.≈1 in 17K—Magallon47
US United States—5,3871 in 62K5.4KMagallon220
PK Pakistan—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 89K—Magallon1
ID Indonesia—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 120K—Magallon4
ES Spain—1,4891 in 34K1.5KMagallon74
PA Panama#81≈750 est.≈1 in 5.2K9Magallon36
TT Trinidad & Tobago—≈150 est.≈1 in 8.2K—Magallon1
SV El Salvador#949≈120 est.≈1 in 53K—Magallon4

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)

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

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Canada

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Magallón, Mägällön

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Magallón

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Magallón

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Hungary

    Also written Magallón

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Magallón

30 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000José María Magallón y Armendáriz, b. 1763Xavier de Magallon, b. 1866Carmen Magallón, b. 1951Francisco Magallón, b. 1959Ana Sanz-Magallón, b. 1973Luis Chávez, b. 1996

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 Magallon,Dear Magallon, (English)
InformalHola Magallon,Hi Magallon, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Magallon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020105.4K#6,332
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.8K#6,690
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.8K#8,092
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.5K#3,124
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.5K#3,124
PA PanamaTribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election20241#1,603
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Magallon mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name from a place called Magallon in Zaragoza province. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Magallon?
A machine transcription gives /maɡaʎon/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Magallon have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.5 thousand people named Magallon in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magallon.
How common is the name Magallon?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,387 people named Magallon in 2010, about 1 in 62 thousand residents.
How common is Magallon compared with other names?
In Panama, Magallon is the 81st most common surname of 39,844 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Magallon” — the 81st most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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