Magnuson
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Americanized spelling of Swedish Magnusson or Danish and Norwegian Magnussen
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈmæɡnəsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Magnuson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Antigua & Barbuda it is the 62nd most common surname.
- USUnited States1 in 42K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 45K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 70K
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)
- Record sources
- 364 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
7,980 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cape Verde, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Americanized spelling of Swedish Magnusson or Danish and Norwegian Magnussen.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Magnuson 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 7,980 | 1 in 42K | 8K | Magnuson | 364 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Magnuson | 53 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Magnuson | 79 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 113K | listed | Magnuson | 5 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 202K | — | Magnuson | 2 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Magnuson | 1 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Magnuson | 6 |
| CV Cape Verde | #931 | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Magnuson | 2 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #62 | — | — | — | Magnuson | 1 |
7,980 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; the xinhua-italian-manual 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)Magnuson 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 English, 'Son of Magnus' (Swedish).
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
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)- Warren Magnusonb. 1905USAmerican politician (1905–1989)
- Donald H. Magnusonb. 1911USAmerican politician (1911-1979)
- Tord Magnusonb. 1941SESwedish businessman; husband of Princess Christina of Sweden
- Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnusonb. 1943SESwedish princess; elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- Keith Magnusonb. 1947CACanadian ice hockey player (1947–2003)
- Thomas Magnusonb. 1950SESwedish cross-country skier
- Eric J. Magnusonb. 1951USAmerican judge
- Ann Magnusonb. 1956USactress, performance artist, singer
- Christine Magnusonb. 1985USAmerican swimmer
- Trystan Magnusonb. 1985CACanadian baseball player
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)Evidence
(measured from records)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 8K | #4,445 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8K | #4,122 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.7K | #4,469 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Magnuson mean, and where does it come from?
- Americanized spelling of Swedish Magnusson or Danish and Norwegian Magnussen. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Magnuson?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmæɡnəsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Magnuson have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 8.0 thousand people named Magnuson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magnuson.
- How common is the name Magnuson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,980 people named Magnuson in 2010, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
- How common is Magnuson compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Magnuson is the 62nd most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/magnusonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Magnuson” — the 62nd most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.