Ranana Surname

452,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 751 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ranana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7011:77,2869,583
India411:18,708,912282,725
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ranana (219) may also be a first name.

Ranana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ranana (Hindi: रंजना, Marathi: रंजना, Oriya: ରଞନା) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 452,102nd most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. The last name Ranana occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ranana are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 609,814th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 219 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 701 people, or 1 in 77,286. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 76 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Ranana Last Name Statistics demography

Ranana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.16% less than the national average, earning R 92,304 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rangana9214,418/
Rannana92127/
Rananga9298/
Ranaana9240/
Rananai9215/
Ramnana9213/
Raenana926/
Ranajna925/
Rhanana925/
Rananas924/
Rananay923/
Ratnana922/
Rahnana922/
Ranhana922/
Rajnana921/
Rananau921/
Rananna921/
Raanana921/
Ranaina921/
Raynana920/
Ranganna864,342/
Ranganai861,994/
Rananadh86307/
Ratnanai8654/
Ratnanat8613/
Ranngana8610/
Ranainas866/
Rananaph866/
Ratnanna864/
Ranganga864/
Ramnanna862/
Ragnanna861/
Ranahnah861/
Ranganaa861/
Ranganau861/
Rannanna861/
Ranaunas861/
Rananaya861/
Ramnanha861/
Ranane831,342/
Ranani83918/
Ronana8320/
Ranano8314/
Renana8310/
Ranona8310/
Ranena832/
Ranany831/
Rhananadh8024/
Ranangaya803/
Rangaanna801/
Ranganaya801/
Rangane77312/
Ratnane77248/
Rannona77129/
Rajnani7761/
Rannane7730/
Rananes7727/
Ramnane7718/
Ranaani7718/
Rahnani7711/
Ratnano7711/
Ratnany778/
Ranangi777/
Rosnana776/
Ragnane776/
Rannani775/
Raanani775/
Rhanane775/
Rananit774/
Ranouna773/
Rranani773/
Rainane773/
Rananis773/
Raunani772/
Ranange772/
Ragnani772/
Rangany772/
Rahnane772/
Rangona772/
Rajnane771/
Reenana771/
Ranhani771/
Raneane771/
Ranaini771/
Rananeh771/
Rananie771/
Rananio771/
Rannena771/
Rahnano771/
Rainani771/
Rganane771/
Raneani771/
Rehnana771/
Ranhany771/
Ratnahanna7578/
Ranaainaya751/
Ratnanit71460/
Rangnani71212/
Ratnanop71169/
Ratnanet71152/
Rannamäe71118/
Ratnanoi7180/
Rhangane7173/
Ramnaney7122/
Ranganyi717/
Rattnani716/
Ratnamni715/
Ranonaja715/
Ramnaine714/
Rahanani714/
Ratnanep714/
Ranganee714/
Ranganni713/
Ramnanne713/
Raanangi713/
Ranganih713/
Reynanga712/
Ranganii712/
Ranganiy712/
Rajnaani711/
Rosnanna711/
Reanangi711/
Ramnanee711/
Ramnanni711/
Rannagna711/
Rajnaine711/
Ranganij711/
Rahnaneh711/
Raihnani711/
Ramnanis711/
Ramnanoo711/
Rrahnani711/
Rhanagni711/
Raagnani711/
Rhannane711/
Rainayne711/
Rainhany711/
Ranoni67924/
Ranone67346/
Ronane6759/
Ronano6725/
Ronani6722/
Rathnamni672/
Ronanh672/
Raneno671/
Ranganheh671/
Rangannio671/
Ratnamnni671/
Ratnanesh671/
Ramóna671/

Ranana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ranana in the Oriya language
ରଞନାranana95.38
ରଞନାାଇଁrananaa'im3.08
ରାନାନାranana1.54
Ranana in the Marathi language
रंजनाranjana75
राणनाranana25
Ranana in the Hindi language
रंजनाranjana40
रानानाranana20
रनानाranana20
रननाranana20

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