Rána

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rána is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 17th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”).

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 182(inferred from the name graph)
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 766
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 2.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rána itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈890,000 people, est.

#284 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
341 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 182 (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RaniLatin(measured from records)
ระThai(measured from records)
রনBengali(measured from records)
ΡανίGreek(measured from records)
რანიGeorgian(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rana in US United States, PK Pakistan, SG Singapore, Rani in IN India, BD Bangladesh, Mrs. in MY Malaysia and Ranu in ID Indonesia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Rána: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rána
  1. Hindiराणाrāṇā(measured from records)
  2. Hindi rootरानीrānī“queen”(measured from records)
  3. Italianand(measured from records)
  4. Italian rootrana“frog”(measured from records)
  5. GalicianRaña(measured from records)

Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi 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.

Sources 11

  • A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • The African book of names
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rána counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rána is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#17≈890,000 est.≈1 in 182listedRani71
PK Pakistan#120≈300,000 est.≈1 in 766listedRana147
IN India#50303,4141 in 4.4K303KRani269
ID Indonesia—≈43,000 est.≈1 in 6.1KlistedRanu74
US United States—7,1451 in 47K74KRana341
MY Malaysia#371≈5,800 est.≈1 in 5.7K—Mrs.47
SG Singapore#314≈2,400 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Rana38

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rána is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Czech, wound (injury)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rána under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rána mean, and where does it come from?
Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”). Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 9 other sources.
Is Rána a male or female name?
Rána is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Rána have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 894 thousand people named Rána in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rani.
How common is the name Rána?
In India, the national register counted 303,414 people named Rána, about 1 in 4.4 thousand residents.
How common is Rána compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Rána is the 17th most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rána” — the 17th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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