Magat
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1 . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic and Sephardic): variant of Magid ‘preacher’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Magat is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 8.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 85K
- USUnited States1 in 407K
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)
- Sources
- 159 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Réunion, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1 . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic and Sephardic): variant of Magid ‘preacher’. 2. Filipino: unexplained.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Magat 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Magat | 49 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 28K | listed | Magat | 22 |
| US United States | — | 818 | 1 in 407K | 922 | Magat | 90 |
| FR France | — | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 85K | 98 | Magat | 159 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Magat | 1 |
| RE Réunion | #524 | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Magat | 1 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 2 | 1 in 51K | 2 | — | — |
| SM San Marino | — | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Magat | 1 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Magat is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Filipino, title given to particular nobility
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mna, low tide; dry reef
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 922 | #27,672 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 818 | #29,019 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 624 | #34,342 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 109 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 108 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 105 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 102 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 98 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 85 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 85 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 76 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 73 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/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
- Where does the name Magat come from?
- 1 . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic and Sephardic): variant of Magid ‘preacher’. 2. Filipino: unexplained. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Magat mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1 . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic and Sephardic): variant of Magid ‘preacher’.
- In which country does Magat have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Magat in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magat.
- How common is the name Magat?
- In the United States, the national register counted 818 people named Magat in 2010, about 1 in 407 thousand residents.
- How common is Magat compared with other names?
- In Réunion, Magat is the 524th most common surname of 3,012 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, “Magat” — the 524th most common surname in Réunion. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.