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Throughout the world, Ranch (Ranger
, Ranch
, ランチ
) is quite a rare unisex first name. The given name Ranch is characteristic of the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare masculine name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare female name, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Philippines. More prevalently, Ranch is the last name as well as the forename.
Ranch is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ranch Hands (at least 8) , the operatic character in the opera Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd; Ranger Smith , the Fictional park ranger from Hanna-Barbera's cartoon character Yogi Bear; Ranger Smith , the Fictional park ranger of the 2010 film Yogi Bear; Ranger Jones , the Fictional park ranger of the 2010 film Yogi Bear and Ranger Jones , the Fictional animated character from the Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear, Yogi the Easter Bear, among other works.