The surname Ranjan
A Sanskrit surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R525
Origin
Sanskrit origin
Ultimately from the Sanskrit personal name रञ्जन (rañjana, “pleasing, charming, rejoicing”).
One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 532 people named Ranjan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is up 173% since 2000, when the Census counted 195.
Who is named Ranjan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Ranjan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ranjan has the Soundex code R525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R525.
Other Sanskrit surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ranjan come from?
- Ultimately from the Sanskrit personal name रञ्जन (rañjana, “pleasing, charming, rejoicing”).
- How common is the surname Ranjan?
- 532 people in the United States had the surname Ranjan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ranjan?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ranjan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ranjan getting more or less common?
- More common. 195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, up 173%.