Family name Boran (博然 
, Boran 
, 勃然 ) , globally, is a common surname. The family name Boran is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Romania, where it is quite a rare surname, and Azerbaijan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Turkey, India, and China. Also, Boran is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 勃然, 博然 | China |
| Boran | China, South Korea, India, Romania, Turkey |
| Боран | Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| hikmet boran Turkish physician, TR (b. 1901) |
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| mehmet kamil boran Turkish politician, TR (b. 1907) |
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| behice boran Turkish politician and sociologist, TR (b. 1910) |
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metin boran Turkish author, TR (b. 1966) |
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| orhan boran comedian, TR (b. 1928) |
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| boran bego association football player (1938-2006) (b. 1938) |
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| boran həbil oğlu quliyev AZ (b. 1929) |
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| pat boran Irish poet, writer and broadcaster, IE (b. 1963) |
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| əziz boran AZ (b. 1954) |
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| boran kaya Turkish television presenter, TR (b. 1965) |
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| hakan boran badminton player, TR (b. 1968) |
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| michael boran IE (b. 1964) |
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| boran ekin aydin researcher |
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| filiz boran researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8801-7987) |
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| boran zhou researcher |
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