Magin

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Magin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Castilian form of Catalan Magi', from the personal name Maginus, probably a variant of Latin Maximus.

rarermore common
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 65K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 72K
  • BEBelgium1 in 145K

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.

United States (measured from records)

709 people, 2010

Sources
72 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 65K (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Castilian form of Catalan Magi', from the personal name Maginus, probably a variant of Latin Maximus. The name was home by a minor Spanish saint from Tarragona, who was martyred at the beginning of the 4th century.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magin 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 Magin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7091 in 469K854Magin72
PE Peru≈440 est.≈1 in 72K—Magin25
VE Venezuela≈440 est.≈1 in 65K—Magin12
FR France≈330 est.≈1 in 206K51—1
CO Colombia≈250 est.≈1 in 199K1Magin29
BE Belgium811 in 145K81—1
UY Uruguay211 in 161K21Magin3
EE Estonia≈7 est.≈1 in 175Klisted——

709 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the co-datosgov-candidates register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); 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)

Magin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Mag-In, Magín, Magïn, Magìn

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Philippines

    Also written Magín

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Mágin, Magín

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Magín

49 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)

Magin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Faroese, definite nominative singular of magi

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

  • In pam, to become

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

  • In Breton, nourrir, allaiter, élever; entretenir, éprouver, susciter

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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)

16001700180019002000Ján Baltazár Magin, b. 1681Alfred Magin, b. 1806Ernst Paul Heinrich Magin, b. 1884Wolf Magin, b. 1927Miłosz Magin, b. 1929Theo Magin, b. 1932Christine Magin, b. 1962Rhys Magin, b. 1989Alik Magin, b. 1991

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Magin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000854#26,783
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020810#30,781
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010709#32,438
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200881#18,356
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196163—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199151—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195149—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197145—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198143—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194142—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192142—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193136—

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 Magin mean, and where does it come from?
Castilian form of Catalan Magi', from the personal name Maginus, probably a variant of Latin Maximus. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Magin have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 709 people named Magin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magin.
How common is the name Magin?
In the United States, the national register counted 709 people named Magin in 2010, about 1 in 469 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, “Magin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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