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    The surname Vrana

    A Czech surname, carried by 815 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V650

    Vrana: #29,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vrana #29,093, 815 people Vrana: #29,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Vrana #29,093, 815 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vrana is more common than 82.1% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    From Czech Vrána, from Czech vrána (“crow”), or from Slovak Vrana, from Slovak vrana (“crow”).

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 815 people named Vrana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 378,829 Americans. That is down 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,163.

    #29,093
    rank among US surnames
    815
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -29.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,054)

    Who is named Vrana

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

    96% of people named Vrana identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vrana

    Vrana has the Soundex code V650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V650.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vrana come from?
    From Czech Vrána, from Czech vrána (“crow”), or from Slovak Vrana, from Slovak vrana (“crow”).
    How common is the surname Vrana?
    815 people in the United States had the surname Vrana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 378,829 Americans. It ranked 29,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vrana?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vrana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Vrana getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 815 in 2010, down 30%.