How common is the surname Rana?

7,145 people in the United States had the surname Rana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,211 Americans. It ranked 4,923rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rana getting more or less common?

More common. 3,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,145 in 2010, up 84%.

Is Rana also a first name?

Yes. Rana is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rana

A Hindi place surname, carried by 7,145 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rana is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

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.

Rana is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,145 people named Rana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,211 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,875.

#4,923

rank among US surnames

7,145

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+84.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,920)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,917	Goodin	7,153	43,163
#4,919	Shade	7,148	43,193
#4,922	Carreno	7,146	43,205
#4,923	Rana	7,145	43,211

Who is named Rana

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Rana identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rana

Rana has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rana come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Rana?: 7,145 people in the United States had the surname Rana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,211 Americans. It ranked 4,923rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rana?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Rana identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Rana?: Rana is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rana getting more or less common?: More common. 3,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,145 in 2010, up 84%.
Is Rana also a first name?: Yes. Rana is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.