Magida
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Magida is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 2M(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 24K
- TZTanzania≈1 in 49K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 91 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Magida 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 581K | — | Magida | 2 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Magida | 20 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Magida | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 726K | — | Magida | 6 |
| US United States | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 2M | listed | Magida | 91 |
| PA Panama | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Magida | 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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)
Magida 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 Latin, kneading trough
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
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
- In which country does Magida have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Magida in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magida.
- How common is the name Magida?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2,400 people in China have Magida as their first surname, about 1 in 581 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/magidaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Magida”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.