How common is the surname Raghavan?

1,144 people in the United States had the surname Raghavan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Raghavan getting more or less common?

More common. 628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 82%.

The surname Raghavan

A surname, carried by 1,144 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R215

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raghavan is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Tamil ராகவன் (rākavaṉ) and Malayalam രാഘവൻ (rāghavaṉ).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,144 people named Raghavan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. That is up 82% since 2000, when the Census counted 628.

#22,481

rank among US surnames

1,144

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+82.2%

change since 2000 (was #34,150)

Who is named Raghavan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Raghavan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
Two or more races 2.0%
White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Raghavan come from?: Borrowed from Tamil ராகவன் (rākavaṉ) and Malayalam രാഘവൻ (rāghavaṉ).
How common is the surname Raghavan?: 1,144 people in the United States had the surname Raghavan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raghavan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Raghavan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Raghavan getting more or less common?: More common. 628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 82%.