Ranghan Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Ranghan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Ranghan (87) may also be a first name.
Ranghan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranghan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ranghan (Hindi: राँहन, Marathi: रंघन) occurs most in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ranghan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranghan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Ranghan live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ranghan is also the 1,024,927th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 87 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 19,668,343. In India Ranghan is mostly found in: Assam, where 87 percent live, Gujarat, where 10 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 3 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 9 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ranghan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ranghan in the Hindi language | ||
| राँहन | ramhana | - |
| Ranghan in the Marathi language | ||
| रंघन | ranghana | - |
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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 Ranghan
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