# Rana (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hindi |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,145 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,923 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,211 people |
| Change since 2000 | +84% (3,875 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”). * Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”). * Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rana in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Raney, Rahn, Ruan, Roan, Ranney, Raine, Rani, Rain, Raina, Ryan, Rama, Reyna.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.