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    The surname Ravindran

    A Malayalam surname, carried by 526 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R153

    Ravindran: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ravindran #41,359, 526 people Ravindran: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ravindran #41,359, 526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ravindran is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    Malayalam origin

    Borrowed from Malayalam രവീന്ദ്രൻ (ravīndraṉ), from Sanskrit रवींद्र (ravīṃdra).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 526 people named Ravindran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. That is up 99% since 2000, when the Census counted 264.

    #41,359
    rank among US surnames
    526
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +99.2%
    change since 2000 (was #69,428)

    Who is named Ravindran

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

    94% of people named Ravindran identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as two or more races and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ravindran come from?
    Borrowed from Malayalam രവീന്ദ്രൻ (ravīndraṉ), from Sanskrit रवींद्र (ravīṃdra).
    How common is the surname Ravindran?
    526 people in the United States had the surname Ravindran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. It ranked 41,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ravindran?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ravindran identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ravindran getting more or less common?
    More common. 264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 526 in 2010, up 99%.