The surname Rajan
A surname, carried by 1,987 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R250
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,987 people named Rajan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,324.
Who is named Rajan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Rajan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as two or more races and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- Two or more races 3.3%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Rajans
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Anaswara RajanActress, born 2002
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Rajan has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.
Questions
- How common is the surname Rajan?
- 1,987 people in the United States had the surname Rajan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. It ranked 14,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rajan?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rajan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as two or more races.
- Who is the most famous person named Rajan?
- Anaswara Rajan, actress.
- Where is the surname Rajan most common?
- Wikidata records people named Rajan in India.
- Is the surname Rajan getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,987 in 2010, up 50%.