Macapagal
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Macapagal is a surname, most frequently recorded in the Philippines. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Either or Tagalog or Kapampangan origin.
- PHPhilippines1 in 6.9K◐
- USUnited States1 in 605K
- IDIndonesia1 in 33K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Either or Tagalog or Kapampangan origin
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | 27,715 | 83% |
| US United States | 4,382 | 13% |
| ID Indonesia | 408 | 1% |
| CA Canada | 198 | 1% |
| AU Australia | 174 | 1% |
≈32,877 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English32K96%
- Spanish5132%
- Indonesian4101%
- Arabic631%
- French441%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 32,293 | 96% |
| Spanish | 513 | 2% |
| Indonesian | 410 | 1% |
| Arabic | 63 | 1% |
| French | 44 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Eva Macapagalb. 1915PHFirst Lady of the Philippines (1915-1999)
- Arturo Macapagalb. 1942PHFilipino sport shooter
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyob. 1947PHFilipino politician, president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010
- Mark Macapagalb. 1979PHFilipino basketball player
- Juan MacapagalFilipino Datu
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 644 | #37,209 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 518 | #41,959 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 452 | #44,738 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #356,309 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #204,073 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 8 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Macapagal?
- Our records include 32,877 bearers of Macapagal across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Macapagal have the most bearers?
- Macapagal is most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
- What does the name Macapagal mean?
- Recorded meaning: Either or Tagalog or Kapampangan origin
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Macapagal”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.