Explore the Family Name Magos

The meaning of Magos

Spanish and Portuguese: plural form of Mago.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Magos in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Magos has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 45,573rd most popular in the U.S., but this ranking improved to 44,576th by 2010 – a change of 2.19 percent. The count, or number of people with the Magos surname, also increased during this period. In 2000, there were 442 people with the Magos surname, and this figure rose by 9.05 percent to 482 by 2010. However, the proportion of people with the Magos surname per 100,000 residents stayed the same at 0.16.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,573	#44,576	2.19%
Count	442	482	9.05%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.16	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Magos

When discussing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Magos, we again turn to the Decennial U.S. Census data. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a notable increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, from 2.94 percent to 4.36 percent. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic also saw a rise, moving from 65.61 percent to 68.26 percent. Conversely, there was a decrease in the percentage of individuals identifying as White, from 28.05 percent to 25.52 percent. Interestingly, while there were no individuals identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, by 2010, 1.66 percent of individuals with the surname Magos identified as Black. The data for those identifying with two or more races was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	65.61%	68.26%	4.04%
White	28.05%	25.52%	-9.02%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.94%	4.36%	48.3%
Black	0%	1.66%	0%
Two or More Races	1.58%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%