Ragans Surname

679,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ragans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ragans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4341:835,15963,868
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Ragans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ragans Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ragans (Russian: Раганс) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ragans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 679,794th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,638,233 people. Ragans occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Ragans live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 434 people, or 1 in 835,159. In The United States Ragans is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 51 percent live, Virginia, where 14 percent live and Georgia, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 0 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.

Ragans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ragans has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,009 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ragans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ragans surname are 21.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 74.77% registered to vote for the political party.

Ragans earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.25% less than the national average, earning $38,295 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ragains92538/
Reagans92177/
Raigans929/
Raghans921/
Raggains861/
Regans83236/
Rogans8385/
Ragons8384/
Reggans77130/
Reagons7710/
Reigans778/
Raganje771/
Ragoins771/
Rhogans770/
Reegans770/
Reingans7112/
Rogatens712/
Roughans711/
Rheingans67616/
Reinganz578/
Rheinganz5318/
Rheingons530/

Ragans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ragans in the Russian language
Рагансragans-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ragans
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