Ragunathan Surname

111,263rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Ragunathan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ragunathan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,5581:8,1351,187
India4291:1,788,03163,697
Malaysia2291:128,7968,348
England2021:275,83221,591
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
France1161:572,61077,014
Canada1051:350,91031,754
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Australia781:346,09929,260
United Arab Emirates431:213,07614,246
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Singapore341:161,9916,884
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Ragunathan (1,027) may also be a first name.

Ragunathan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ragunathan (Marathi: रघुनाथन) is most common in Sri Lanka. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ragunathan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 111,263rd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,745,520 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Ragunathan live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ragunathan is also the 250,393rd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 1,027 people.

This last name is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,558 people, or 1 in 8,135. Beside Sri Lanka this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.

Ragunathan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ragunathan surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.

The amount Ragunathan earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 25.22% less than the national average, earning 258,811 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.75% less than the national average, earning $37,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $51,940 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ragunathan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ragunathan in the Marathi language
रघुनाथनraghunathana83.33
रागुनाथनragunathana16.67

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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 Ragunathan
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