Raghunan Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Raghunan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raghunan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Raghunan (57) may also be a first name.

Raghunan Last Name Facts

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

Raghunan (Hindi: रघुनन्दन, Marathi: रघुनन) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Raghunan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,352,516th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Raghunan live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 57 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa Raghunan is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 86 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Raghunan Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Raghunan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.75% less than the national average, earning R 76,632 per year and in United States they earn 146.96% more than the national average, earning $106,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raghunand9425/
Raghunann941/
Ragunan9341/
Raghunathn892/
Raghunam888/
Ragunand884/
Ragunnan884/
Ragunhan884/
Roghunan881/
Raaghunatin841/
Raghoonan822/
Ragunathn821/
Regunan80185/
Ragunam801/
Ragoonan7552/
Ragonhan7514/
Ragginan753/
Ragoonaan711/
Reginan67311/
Ragonon672/
Regiñan531/

Raghunan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raghunan in the Hindi language
रघुनन्दनraghunandana66.67
रघुनानraghunana33.33
Raghunan in the Marathi language
रघुननraghunana66.67
रघुनानraghunana33.33

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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 Raghunan
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