Ragwan Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Ragwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ragwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Ragwan (256) may also be a first name.

Ragwan Last Name Facts

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

Ragwan (Hindi: राघवन, Marathi: रागवन) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ragwan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ragwan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Ragwan are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 556,659th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 256 people.

The surname Ragwan is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 44 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 41 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 13 percent live and Yemen, where 11 percent live.

Ragwan Last Name Statistics demography

Ragwan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.54% less than the national average, earning R 103,272 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raghwan92222/
Ragkwan921/
Ragwane921/
Raghwane867/
Rakgwane863/
Raingwan861/
Raungwan861/
Reangwan861/
Regwan83409/
Raguan83191/
Rakwan83175/
Ragvan8371/
Raqwan835/
Ragwam831/
Ragban830/
Reaungwan801/
Raghvan77305/
Rakwhan7766/
Rayguan7758/
Raiguan7748/
Ragwong7717/
Reakwan7714/
Raghban779/
Rakkwan777/
Raguain777/
Rakwang772/
Raikwan772/
Racwang771/
Rajkwan771/
Raghuan771/
Ragvaan771/
Rageevan7110/
Raghvant715/
Rakwatin714/
Raghvane714/
Ruongwan714/
Rakkwhan711/
Rakuan6715/
Roguan677/
Raquan674/
Reqwan672/
Rekwan671/
Ragbon671/
Rakwon671/
Regvan671/

Ragwan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ragwan in the Marathi language
रागवनragavana-
Ragwan in the Hindi language
राघवनraghavana50
राघवraghava50

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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 Ragwan
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