as a Last Name
- 2,784
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rana
Meaning & Origins
Indian (Gujarat, Bombay city, and Rajasthan): Hindu and Parsi name meaning ‘king’ in modern Indian languages. Rana does not have a Sanskrit equivalent; it is probably a back-formation from rāṇī ‘queen’ (Sanskrit rājñī, based on the analogy that nouns ending in -ī and denoting females usually have masculine counterparts ending in -ā). The name Rana was used as a title by some Rajput kings. As a surname, it is now found among Rajputs as well as several other communities. It is cognate with the name Rane, which occurs in Maharashtra and Goa.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,784
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Rana per capita
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