Raghan Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Raghan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Raghan (557) may also be a first name.
Raghan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raghan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raghan (Hindi: राघन, Marathi: रघन, Oriya: ରଘନ) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raghan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537,949th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name Raghan occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Raghan live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 356,380th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 557 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 7,670,654. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 69 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 6 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account India Raghan occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 21 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raghan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raghan in the Oriya language | ||
| ରଘନ | raghana | - |
| Raghan in the Hindi language | ||
| राघन | raghana | 62.07 |
| राघां | ragham | 17.24 |
| रघन | raghana | 10.34 |
| राघण | raghana | 3.45 |
| राखन | rakhana | 3.45 |
| राघव | raghava | 3.45 |
| Raghan in the Marathi language | ||
| रघन | raghana | 41.86 |
| राघन | raghana | 41.86 |
| राघां | ragham | 4.65 |
| राघं | ragham | 2.33 |
| रतन | ratana | 2.33 |
| रघुनाथ | raghunatha | 2.33 |
| रघान | raghana | 2.33 |
| राघण | raghana | 2.33 |
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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
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- 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 Raghan
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