Mages surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Mages surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 748 people carried this name — #29,696 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 183 people named Mages.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Landes 39
Hérault 24
Gironde 16
Tarn 12
Isère 10
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 9
Paris 7
Yvelines 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

89 people named Mages live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 53
Zurich 7
Schaffhausen 6
Fribourg 5
Geneva 5
Valais 4
Aargau 3
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Mages is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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