Raghawan Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Raghawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raghawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India461:16,675,334263,471
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Raghawan (52) may also be a first name.

Raghawan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raghawan (Hindi: राघवन, Marathi: राघवन, Oriya: ରାଘୱନ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raghawan? popularity and diffusion

Raghawan is the 2,555,468th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Raghawan live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Raghawan is also the 1,381,723rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 52 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 16,675,334. In India it is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 37 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 17 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Other than India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Raghawan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raghawan in the Hindi language
राघवनraghavana-
Raghawan in the Oriya language
ରାଘୱନraghawana-
Raghawan in the Marathi language
राघवनraghavana88.89
राघवणraghavana11.11

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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 Raghawan
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