Frequency: (653)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: from the personal name Magdaleno, masculine form of the Biblical name Magdalena (see Maudlin).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 44%. Jose (26), Manuel (10), Jesus (8), Jorge (7), Ramon (6), Rafael (5), Angel (4), Francisco (4), Ignacio (4), Javier (4), Juan (4), Miguel (4); Antonio (3), Geronimo (2), Albertina, Angelo, Eliseo, Heriberto, Lorenzo, Marco Antonio, Nino, Sal.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
