Rankan Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Rankan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rankan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6081:1,261,62149,995
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Rankan (7,613) may also be a first name.

Rankan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rankan (Hindi: रंकान, Marathi: रंकन, Oriya: େଜନା) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rankan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 523,160th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Rankan are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Rankan is also the 73,454th most numerous first name in the world, held by 7,613 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 608 people, or 1 in 1,261,621. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 98 percent reside, Kerala, where 1 percent reside and Gujarat, where 0 percent reside. Besides India Rankan is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Rankan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rankan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rankan Last Name Statistics demography

Rankan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.11% more than the national average, earning $50,531 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rankan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rankan in the Marathi language
रंकनrankana66.67
रनकनranakana33.33
Rankan in the Oriya language
େଜନାejana50
ନାୟକnayaka50
Rankan in the Hindi language
रंकानrankana33.33
रंकनrankana33.33
रंकणrankana33.33

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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 Rankan
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