The Magne surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 142 people carried this name — #121,590 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 101 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,126 people named Magne.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Dordogne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 773 people named Magne 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
190 people named Magne live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Magne live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
46 people named Magne is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Magne,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Henri Magne 1804–1885 · naturalist -
Pierre Magne 1806–1879 · lawyer -
Lucien Magne 1849–1916 · writer -
Napoléon Magne 1865–1933 · politician -
Eugène Magne 1873–1950 · politician -
Pierre Magne 1789–1871 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Magne.
- Magliozzi 313 · U.S. census
- Magloire 729 · U.S. census
- Magna 264 · U.S. census
- Magnan 1,153 · U.S. census
- Magnani 1,053 · U.S. census
- Magnant 387 · U.S. census
- Magner 2,911 · U.S. census
- Magnes 198 · U.S. census
- Magni 357 · U.S. census
- Magnin 333 · U.S. census
- Magno 2,642 · U.S. census
- Magnon 265 · U.S. census
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