The Magallanes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,852 people carried this name — #4,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,300 people counted. That is up 41% from 6,294 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Magallanes surname

From Spanish Magallanes, from Portuguese Magalhães.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Magallanes» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 8,583 people named Magallanes live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,138
Mendoza 1,275
San Luis 980
Córdoba 841
Santa Fe 656
City of Buenos Aires 376
Entre Ríos 200
Corrientes 180

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Magallanes in American newspapers,
1920–1930.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Magallanes
La Prensa 1920-11-21
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Magallanes
La Prensa 1922-10-29
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Magallanes
El Tucsonense 1930-12-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,128 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Magallanes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adelfo Magallanes
    Adelfo Magallanes 1910–1988 · association football coach
  • Nicholas Magallanes
    Nicholas Magallanes 1922–1977 · ballet dancer
  • Juan Mario Magallanes 1893–1950 · writer
  • Manuel Vicente Magallanes 1922–2009 · poet

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Magallanes,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States180 records

180 records of the Magallanes name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 142
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 28
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 10
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Reyes R. Magallanes

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; farm hand from Van Verde County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Francis Anthony Magallanes

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1939, died 1999; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria U. Magallanes

    Born 1900 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 180 records for Magallanes in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Magallanes name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record José Magallanes

    Married in 1928 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register José Magallanes

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Magallanes name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dolores Magallanes

    Died 1996; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Magallanes name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoine Magallanes

    Born 1911 in Spain; died 1995 in Cahors (Lot).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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