Arana
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/aɾana/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Arana is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 76th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Unknown. Probably derived from Quechua [Term?].
- NINicaragua≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- ECEcuador1 in 1.7K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 1.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Peru (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 319 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Unknown. Probably derived from Quechua [Term?].
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Arana 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | #284 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Arana | 94 |
| US United States | — | 10,698 | 1 in 31K | 11K | Arana | 319 |
| EC Ecuador | #341 | 10,027 | 1 in 1.7K | 10K | Arana | 38 |
| GT Guatemala | #76 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Arana | 52 |
| ES Spain | #635 | 7,585 | 1 in 6.6K | 7.6K | Arana | 156 |
| NI Nicaragua | #198 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Arana | 36 |
| SV El Salvador | #279 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Arana | 38 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names. 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)
Arana is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In emi, littoral pandanus the leaves of which are used in plaiting mats and baskets
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In awg, toenail
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta Azerbaidžānā (Aran), Jevlahas rajonā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mary of Jesus of Ágredab. 1602ESnot in their usual nameSpanish mystic nun
- Diego Barros Aranab. 1830CLChilean historian (1830–1907)
- Sabino Aranab. 1865ESBasque nationalist, writer and politician (1865–1903)
- Marie Aranab. 1949USAmerican journalist
- Tomas Aranab. 1955USAmerican actor
- Ana Lezab. 1962ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actress
- Eduardo Aranab. 1965PEPeruvian lawyer
- Facundo Aranab. 1972ARArgentine actor
- Itsaso Aranab. 1985ESSpanish actor
- Guilherme Aranab. 1997BRBrazilian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 45 sources across 25 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Arana mean, and where does it come from?
- Unknown. Probably derived from Quechua [Term?]. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Arana?
- A machine transcription gives /aɾana/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Arana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Arana in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arana.
- How common is the name Arana?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,698 people named Arana in 2010, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
- How common is Arana compared with other names?
- In Peru, Arana is the 284th most common surname of 173,371 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Arana?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aranaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Arana” — the 284th most common surname in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.