Magiera

surname · Latin script

Meaning: nickname from German mager ‘lean’, ‘thin’ (see Mager)

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 5.7K(measured from records)
  • NONorway1 in 144K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 304K

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.

Poland (measured from records)

6,695 people, 2026

Sources
91 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nickname from German mager ‘lean’, ‘thin’ (see Mager).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magiera 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 Magiera is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#7706,6951 in 5.7K3.4KMagiera91
US United States—9681 in 344K968Magiera62
GB United Kingdom—≈220 est.≈1 in 304K—Magiera34
IT Italy—≈190 est.≈1 in 337K—Magiera7
FR France—≈95 est.≈1 in 712K13Magiera1
NO Norway—381 in 144K38Magiera3
AE United Arab Emirates—≈30 est.≈1 in 331K—Magiera5

6,695 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Magiera is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

    Also written Magiéra, Magièra

32 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)

19201940196019802000Leone Magiera, b. 1934Jan Magiera, b. 1938Joseph Magiera, b. 1939Jacek Magiera, b. 1977Mariusz Magiera, b. 1984

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)

FormalDear Magiera,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.

Reference works 5

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 Magiera mean, and where does it come from?
nickname from German mager ‘lean’, ‘thin’ (see Mager). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Magiera?
A machine transcription gives /mɑˈdʒɪɹə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Magiera have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 6.7 thousand people named Magiera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magiera.
Where is Magiera most common?
Magiera is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Magiera?
In Poland, the national register counted 6,695 people named Magiera in 2026, about 1 in 5.7 thousand residents.
How common is Magiera compared with other names?
In Poland, Magiera is the 770th most common surname of 240,840 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, “Magiera” — the 770th most common surname in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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