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Ramanathan Name Meaning

Indian (Kerala Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit rāmanātha ‘lord Rama’ from rāma ‘pleasing charming’ (see Ram ) + nātha ‘lord’ + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Ranganathan, Swaminathan, Padmanabhan, Viswanathan, Nagarajan

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Between 1974 and 2004, in the United States, Ramanathan life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1974, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Ramanathan in 1974 was 38, and 81 in 2004.

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