Carana Surname
Approximately 657 people bear this surname
Carana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 521 | 1:1,472,294 | 55,752 |
| Argentina | 50 | 1:854,868 | 55,754 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Romania | 33 | 1:608,420 | 43,703 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Caraña (7) & Carană (1) are calculated separately.
Carana (996) may also be a first name.
Carana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Carana (Hindi: बराना, Oriya: ଚରଣ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Caraña or Carană. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Carana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Carana is the 500,792nd most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,092,155 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Carana live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Carana is also the 255,009th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 996 people.
The surname Carana is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 521 people, or 1 in 1,472,294. In India it is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 92 percent are found and Gujarat, where 8 percent are found. Apart from India this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 8 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Carana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Carana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Carana surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Carana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Carana in the Hindi language | ||
| बराना | barana | - |
| Carana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚରଣ | carana | 42.86 |
| ଫକିରଚରଣ | phakiracarana | 14.29 |
| ଦୁଗର୍ାପସାଦ | dugarapasada | 14.29 |
| ଚରଣାଇଁ | carana'im | 14.29 |
| ଅନାଦି | anadi | 14.29 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Carana
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