Rana Surname

214th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,495,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Nepal

Rana Surname User-submission:

The precedence of the Rana surname has come from an ancient age where highly respectable warriors, knighs and kings were known as Rana.

Rana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh1,161,7131:13718
India935,5951:82086
Nepal224,0041:12726
Pakistan56,6071:3,156365
Egypt30,9961:2,966417
Saudi Arabia20,9881:1,470150
United Arab Emirates9,6871:946105
United States7,4141:48,8885,923
England6,1561:9,0511,316
Sudan5,0401:7,4421,059
Oman4,6551:792107
Philippines3,2861:30,8094,469
Indonesia2,7521:48,0565,408
Kuwait2,6511:1,434156
Italy2,6451:23,1224,036
Canada2,4601:14,9782,195
Qatar2,0781:1,13579
Sri Lanka1,8271:11,3891,622
Bahrain1,4841:909104
Australia1,1101:24,3203,335
Iran8401:91,4089,170
Malaysia8351:35,3222,961
Morocco7501:45,9687,487
South Africa6871:78,8619,762
Thailand6741:104,80515,174
Kenya6391:72,2696,805
Bhutan5411:1,139117
France4661:142,53821,961
Togo4201:17,2575,159
Singapore3721:14,806652
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Afghanistan3251:98,9332,568
Germany3131:257,20627,662
Brazil3091:692,79725,465
New Zealand2911:15,5612,711
Iraq2671:131,1673,591
Macau2341:2,571249
Tanzania2341:226,24618,784
Portugal2261:46,0982,654
Nigeria1971:899,20239,032
Norway1931:26,6443,622
Japan1901:672,86516,704
Yemen1771:149,2957,453
Argentina1731:247,07220,033
Netherlands1681:100,51916,312
Sweden1561:63,1204,821
Hong Kong1551:47,326847
Turkey1551:502,07428,545
Scotland1421:37,7033,617
Swaziland1261:10,303513
Zimbabwe1201:128,65217,093
Belgium1131:101,74015,454
Denmark1101:51,3165,275
Papua New Guinea1071:76,2039,993
Switzerland801:102,66110,922
Greece791:140,25123,222
Taiwan791:296,7692,416
Cuba781:147,7273,633
Poland741:513,63249,911
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Wales671:46,1874,386
China651:21,035,7161,165
Syria621:311,3074,547
Brunei611:6,864951
Russia521:2,771,597154,559
Angola491:550,8002,323
Ireland441:107,0215,562
Jordan421:210,5349,639
Namibia421:57,3676,674
Libya361:173,444826
Solomon Islands361:16,1123,051
Finland351:157,04914,263
South Korea331:1,552,735396
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
Austria241:354,81038,119
Seychelles231:4,017661
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
Algeria141:2,759,39644,963
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
Cambodia131:1,191,3195,802
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Cyprus121:73,7408,304
Faroe Islands121:4,083465
Maldives111:36,7432,003
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Belize91:39,4972,328
Israel91:950,84857,975
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Niger81:2,399,00243,750
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Tunisia71:87,23213,677
Palestine61:758,14214,544
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Malta41:107,5681,849
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Palau11:21,643223
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Suriname11:552,6169,664
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

The alternate forms: Raña (5,100), Ranã (1), Raná (1), Ránà (1) & Ränâ (1) are calculated separately.

Rana (1,119,456) may also be a first name.

Rana Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The precedence of the Rana surname has come from an ancient age where highly respectable warriors, knighs and kings were known as Rana.

- dhruvparekh9

Rana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Rana (Arabic: رينع, Bengali: রানা, Georgian: რანა, Hindi: राणा, Marathi: राणा, Oriya: ରଣା, Russian: Рана, Tibetan: ར་ན།) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Raña, Ranã, Raná, Ránà or Ränâ. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rana is the 214th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,920 people. The last name Rana is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Rana live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 758th most frequent forename on earth, held by 1,119,456 people.

The surname Rana is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 1,161,713 people, or 1 in 137. Without taking into account Bangladesh it is found in 155 countries. It is also found in India, where 37 percent are found and Nepal, where 9 percent are found.

Rana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rana surname rose 13,989 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 615,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Rana are 5.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.52% being registered with the party.

The amount Rana earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 16.87% less than the national average, earning €24,965 per year; in Norway they earn 14.74% less than the national average, earning 295,068 kr per year; in Peru they earn 48.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,814 per year; in South Africa they earn 2.46% more than the national average, earning R 243,480 per year; in United States they earn 14.48% more than the national average, earning $49,396 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.05% more than the national average, earning $52,193 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raña925,100/
Ranã921/
Raná921/
Ratna8958,044/
Raina8948,120/
Ranga8926,469/
Raana892,977/
Rasna892,370/
Ranas892,346/
Ranaa892,237/
Ranai892,042/
Ranay891,913/
Ranad891,610/
Ranea891,316/
Rajna891,237/
Ranap891,067/
Ranna891,002/
Rayna89985/
Ranau89984/
Ranah89834/
Ranat89825/
Ramna89811/
Rauna89737/
Reana89698/
Ranaj89424/
Rahna89404/
Ranoa89247/
Raena89191/
Ragna8983/
Rhana8937/
Rrana8916/
Ranaz8910/
Ranéa898/
Rgana897/
Hrana897/
Rzana893/
Raïna892/
Ranaí891/
Ranña891/
Raína891/
Ranaâ891/
Ranaś891/
Rağna891/
Ra'na891/
Ránà831/
Ränâ831/
Rahana805,633/
Rathna802,818/
Rajnai801,087/
Hranat80633/
Rangai80544/
Ranaut80511/
Raanah80503/
Ranaid80341/
Ranais80332/
Ranaai80332/
Rainah80305/
Ramnat80259/
Ramnap80254/
Rainay80223/
Ranaud80217/
Ranaph80213/
Ratnai80164/
Rainea80152/
Raugna80147/
Ranaip80147/
Rzanna80133/
Raenah80129/
Ramnas80101/
Rangaa8097/
Ranadh8085/
Rangau8083/
Ratnas8077/
Hrauna8073/
Rranga8068/
Ranait8058/
Ranooa8058/
Rainat8053/
Hrasna8053/
Raunah8052/
Rainaz8051/
Rainas8050/
Ranach8049/
Rannat8048/
Rannau8046/
Ratnaa8044/
Ranaya8043/
Raynas8043/
Rannap8042/
Ramnad8038/
Rainna8035/
Rahuna8034/
Rangay8033/
Raanaa8030/
Raunga8029/
Rannas8027/
Rattna8025/
Rajnay8025/
Rainga8024/
Rhauna8024/
Ranaja8020/
Raigna8020/
Hranas8020/
Rainap8019/
Reanay8017/
Ranaij8017/
Rannai8017/
Hranai8016/
Rasnay8015/
Rahnah8015/
Raynai8014/
Rainau8014/
Rannaz8013/
Rzhana8012/
Rangna8011/
Raaina8011/
Rahyna8011/
Ratnay8010/
Reanna8010/
Ratnat8010/
Rhamna809/
Ramnna809/
Ratnad809/
Ranaat809/
Ranash809/
Rheana807/
Rahnaj806/
Ramnaz806/
Ranaiy806/
Rainai806/
Ragnat806/
Ranahu806/
Ranaha806/
Raynha806/
Rannah805/
Ramnai805/
Rajnna805/
Rannaj804/
Rasnas804/
Ranajh804/
Raunau804/
Rrauna804/
Rhaina804/
Raínha804/
Ranaih804/
Rainoa804/
Ramnau803/
Raisna803/
Rajnaj803/
Raagna803/
Ratnna803/
Ranaap803/
Rannea803/
Raynau803/
Rhanga803/
Raymna802/
Raynah802/
Ranaia802/
Ranapp802/
Ragnad802/
Ragnau802/
Ranaus802/
Ranhat802/
Rannay802/
Rannha802/
Ramnay802/
Rauina802/
Ra'ana802/
Raynad802/
Reanha802/
Rannoa802/
Rhanay802/
Hraina801/
Reagna801/
Rainad801/
Rainaj801/
Raamna801/
Raanga801/
Raanna801/
Raatna801/
Rraina801/
Ranaux801/
Rangaj801/
Raunat801/
Ratnap801/
Ratnau801/
Rannaa801/
Rannad801/
Hranna801/
Rahnai801/
Raynay801/
Rajnha801/
Ranauy801/
Ranaah801/
Ranhai801/
Ranhha801/
Rahnaa801/
Rahnay801/
Reanga801/
Raunaj801/
Raunas801/
Raunay801/
Rhajna801/
Ragnas801/
Rhanat801/
Raihna801/
Reanaa801/
Rasnad801/
Rasnai801/
Ranhau801/
Rajnaa801/
Rajnah801/
Raanad800/
Rani752,255,872/
Rane75138,667/
Rona7513,456/
Rano759,891/
Rena758,931/
Rany758,337/
Ranj75919/
Róna75455/
Ranh75151/
Rané753/
Raãa752/
Ranò751/
Raynaud7320,946/
Rainaud731,138/
Rajnoha73779/
Rahanau73507/
Rajnath73342/
Rainaut73259/
Rayneau73256/
Rathnau73210/
Rangaya73138/
Ragneau73136/
Raynaut7396/
Raynoha7391/
Rannaud7388/
Rangnau7380/
Rahanah7370/
Raunaht7368/
Raanaas7361/
Ratnast7348/
Rahaina7336/
Ragnatt7326/
Rayngay7324/
Ramnadh7323/
Uanrana7323/
Reaneau7322/
Rasnach7320/
Rahanaj7320/
Ragnaud7320/
Rainach7313/
Rainoha7312/
Rannast7312/
Rahanna7311/
Ratnais738/
Hranach738/
Rahunah737/
Rangaia737/
Ranneha736/
Rahayna736/
Rheanna735/
Rangaih735/
Ratnapp735/
Rangaiy734/
Rahnach734/
Ranaaid734/
Rangaah734/
Rhannai734/
Ranault733/
R'Hamna733/
Rathnna733/
Rainash733/
Rasnaad733/
Reanaud733/
Ramnaph732/
Rasnačs732/
Rahanai732/
Rahunna732/
Rrzhana732/
Rahnaja732/
Ranauph731/
Rajnais731/
Rajnaja731/
Rainads731/
Raannat731/
Ranaapp731/
Rangaja731/
Rathnaa731/
Ratnash731/
Rannais731/
Rannazz731/
Raynatt731/
Rayneas731/
Rathnay731/
Rhamnai731/
Rrainna731/
Raisnai731/
Ranaaie731/
Ranaich731/
Ranaijh731/
Ranaová731/
Rannaut731/
Rainaph731/
Raynait731/
Raynatd731/
Rhannaj731/
Racinna731/
Raainah731/
Rannaya731/
Ranhash731/
Raihnna731/
Ragnaat731/
Hrauyna731/
Raunaus730/
Raneaud730/
Reyna67178,525/
Reina6795,979/
Range6713,071/
Raney6712,477/
Raine6711,986/
Raini6710,372/
Ragni677,768/
Rajni677,411/
Rotna677,147/
Rangi676,522/
Ranes675,522/
Ronad675,282/
Ratno674,778/
Ragno674,579/
Ratni674,317/
Reena673,965/
Raner673,670/
Ranis673,257/
Ranee672,951/
Rango672,765/
Rainy672,728/
Rahne672,530/
Ranit672,500/
Ranno672,385/
Rayne672,255/
Renau672,075/
Ratne671,967/
Ranip671,803/
Ranne671,728/
Rhanh671,642/
Ronas671,454/
Rasni671,428/
Rónai671,412/
Ramni671,335/
Rajne671,323/
Raino671,320/
Ranni671,227/
Renai671,161/
Rosna671,101/
Rahni671,098/
Rayno671,062/
Ruina67925/
Rhani67828/
Ronat67734/
Ranos67636/
Raniy67616/
Rouna67554/
Rayni67553/
Raani67523/
Ranot67519/
Ronah67514/
Ranie67503/
Rogna67503/
Ronay67495/
Ronai67482/
Ruona67482/
Roona67443/
Roina67436/
Ranny67407/
Hrona67371/
Raigneau67367/
Rasno67360/
Ranje67321/
Ranoo67301/
Ranez67283/
Ranoi67276/
Reany67274/
Rónay67267/
Rzany67246/
Renah67239/
Hranj67223/
Ranoy67223/
Renay67219/
Raniś67216/
Raned67208/
Rajnauth67207/
Ragne67207/
Roena67204/
Rehna67186/
Rauni67183/
Ronau67183/
Ramne67165/
Ranou67161/
Ranio67154/
Raynault67152/
Reuna67150/
Rainò67148/
Ranii67146/
Reane67141/
Rasne67138/
Rzane67136/
Ranih67124/
Rañas67117/
Rojna67108/
Ranjp67105/
Ranjh67104/
Hrajnoha67103/
Rauno67101/
Ranyo6791/
Rahno6788/
Rahnj6786/
Raneh6779/
Ranui6774/
Royna6773/
Raune6771/
Raneu6765/
Rrena6762/
Ranet6759/
Ronna6757/
Renaa6749/
Ranyi6745/
Ranoh6740/
Romna6737/
Ranid6737/
Raane6734/
Ranná6733/
Rhane6731/
Rhena6731/
Raniz6730/
Ranhe6729/
Ranoš6728/
Ranei6724/
Rhona6723/
Rañga6723/
Ranný6723/
Ranoj6722/
Rainault6721/
Raano6721/
Ronaj6720/
Rrani6719/
Rainj6718/
Hrane6716/
Rohna6715/
Hrani6714/
Ranhi6714/
Rhany6713/
Ramno6713/
Hrano6713/
Ranahova6712/
Ranij679/
Raygnaud679/
Raignaud678/
Ranod677/
Rahannau677/
Rainé676/
Ranahaph676/
Rainh675/
Hrany675/
Raany674/
Rauny674/
Ranop674/
Rzani674/
Ramha674/
Ranep674/
Ronaa674/
Rannauth673/
Rayny673/
Raniš673/
Rahny673/
Ranís673/
Rayneaud673/
Reanault673/
Raeno673/
Ramnauch672/
Rasnacht672/
Ranej672/
Rahnauth672/
Rzano672/
Hrena672/
Rayné672/
Rainó672/
Ranoz672/
Raanj672/
Rajhnash671/
Rajnaith671/
Rahanaja671/
Rahannaj671/
Rachinna671/
Raunh671/
Rathnaih671/
Ramnaudh671/
Ramnauht671/
Rannauph671/
Rasné671/
Ráina671/
Rajnaová671/
Rajno671/
Rajné671/
Ranahath671/
Raniç671/
Ranoś671/
Ranyś671/
Ranér671/
Ragneaud671/
Ragneaux671/
Rañaa671/
Rañaz671/
Renaï671/
Rzona671/
Rzaña671/
Roïna671/
Ramnh671/
Rahamnah671/
Rhagnath671/
Raanh671/
Ronaz671/
Rranh671/
Ranjd671/
Reauneau670/

Rana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rana in the Georgian language
რანაrana-
Rana in the Oriya language
ରଣାrana97.87
ରାଣାrana0.42
ରଣrana0.19
ରାନାrana0.17
ରାନrana0.05
ଇରଣାirana0.03
ରନାrana0.03
ଅରଣାarana0.02
ଅନିତାanita0
ଅିନୀaini0
ରାନୁranu0
ଧନୁdhanu0
ହଂସhansa0
ରାଞାrana0
ଜନjana0
ଦନାdana0
ଅଞଳିanali0
ରଶାrasa0
ଅନୀଲanila0
ରାଣୀrani0
ପାନpana0
ରାେଜraeja0
ଅନାମୁanamu0
ରଞାrana0
ଟାଣିtani0
ରଣାାranaa0
ମହାିmahai0
ଅନୀତାanita0
ଜାନିjani0
ରାମାrama0
ଅନାମanama0
ଷର୍ଣsarna0
ଅମାତamata0
ରଞନ୍ranan0
ରଣା଼rana0
ରନୁାranua0
ଯାନିyani0
ଜାନjana0
ରାମrama0
ଧାନୀdhani0
ଯଜ୍ଞyajna0
ରିନrina0
ରାଣrana0
ରାଧାradha0
େଜନାejana0
ରାଜraja0
ରୀନାrina0
େଯନାeyana0
ରମାrama0
ରନrana0
ନାଗnaga0
Rana in the Marathi language
राणाrana86.94
रानाrana12.09
रनाrana0.3
रणाrana0.24
रणrana0.24
राणrana0.05
रानrana0.02
ऱाणाrana0.01
रणांranam0
रनrana0
्रणाrana0
Rana in the Tibetan language
ར་ན།rana85.2
ར་ན་rana6.95
རཱ་ན།rana5.14
བྷ་དུར་ར་ན་bhadurrana0.6
དཱ་ན།dana0.3
རཱ་ན་rana0.3
མན་ར་ན་menrana0.3
རན་ren0.3
མ་ཡ་རཱ་ན་mayarana0.3
མ་ཡ་ར་ན་mayarana0.3
ར་ན་།rana0.3
Rana in the Bengali language
রানাrana84.35
রাণাrana9.73
রনাrana3.05
রনrana1.62
রণাrana0.38
রণrana0.19
রাঙাrana0.1
Rana in the Hindi language
राणाrana66.23
रानाrana32.29
रनाrana0.46
सिंहsinha0.41
रणाrana0.18
राणrana0.03
रााणाraana0.01
रानीrani0.01
रणrana0.01
राणांranam0.01
राणााranaa0.01
राजाraja0
राणेाranea0
राना़rana0
राताrata0
राजraja0
राणा्rana0
पालpala0
रानेाranea0
राङrana0
रिनाrina0
राण्ााranaa0
ारनाarana0
राणा़rana0
रण्ाrana0
राण्ाrana0
मायाmaya0
रौनोrauno0
रमाrama0
़रानाrana0
रालाrala0
रामाrama0
्रनrana0
चन्दcanda0
लताlata0
रानrana0
रैनाraina0
रीनाrina0
रनrana0
ीरनाirana0
रानााranaa0
Rana in the Russian language
Ранаrana-
Rana in the Arabic language
رينعryn-
رعناrna-
رؤنيrwny-
رنيrny-
راناrana-
رنىrny-
رناrna-

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