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

The last name Raghunan (Hindi: रघुनन्दन, Marathi: रघुनन) is most common in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raghunan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Raghunan are found; 74 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Raghunan is also the 1,308,380th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 57 people.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa Raghunan is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 86 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

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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