Ramachandran

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam രാമചന്ദ്രൻ (rāmacandraṉ) and Tamil இராமச்சந்திரன் (irāmaccantiraṉ), both from Sanskrit रामचन्द्र (rāmacandra) (राम (rāma, “dark”) + चन्द्र (candra, “moon”)).

Proper noun

Ramachandran (plural Ramachandrans)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Ramachandran diagram
• Ramachandran plot

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ramachandran is the 14409^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2074 individuals. Ramachandran is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.66%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ramachandran”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.