Raghuvan Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Raghuvan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Raghuvan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India221:34,866,608408,224
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Raghuvan (120) may also be a first name.

Raghuvan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raghuvan (Hindi: रघुवन, Marathi: रघुवन) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Raghuvan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raghuvan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Raghuvan is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Raghuvan is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Raghuvan reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Raghuvan is also the 852,104th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 120 people.

The last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 45 percent live, Telangana, where 23 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 18 percent live. Outside of India this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raghuvant945/
Raghuvain941/
Raguvan933/
Raghuwan889/
Raguwan8010/
Raguban801/
Raghuvasim781/
Raghooban711/
Ragowan67179/
Regivan671/
Rangaumpan671/
Ragoowan6316/
Ragobon531/
Regiwan531/
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Raghuvan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raghuvan in the Hindi language
रघुवनraghuvana88.89
रघुवंशraghuvansa11.11
Raghuvan in the Marathi language
रघुवनraghuvana75.68
राघुवनraghuvana8.11
राघूवानraghuvana5.41
रघुवानraghuvana2.7
राघुवानraghuvana2.7
राघवनraghavana2.7
रधुवनradhuvana2.7

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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 Raghuvan
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