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Ramakrishnan Name Meaning

Indian (Kerala Tamil Nadu): variant of Ramakrishna + 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: Balakrishnan, Radhakrishnan, Krishnan, Ramanathan, Ramachandran

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Between 1991 and 2003, in the United States, Ramakrishnan life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1996, and highest in 1991. The average life expectancy for Ramakrishnan in 1991 was 77, and 72 in 2003.

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