Rana

From Latin rana (“frog”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranidae – Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs, brown frogs, of cool Eurasia and western North America.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia – subclass; Anura – order; Ranidae – family

• (genus): Rana temporaria (common frog, European common brown frog) – type species; Rana pipiens – selected other species

• Rana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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.

Rana (countable and uncountable, plural Ranas)

1. A surname.
2. A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

   Related terms: Mo i Rana (administrative centre of the municipality)

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rana is the 4923^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7145 individuals. Rana is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.22%) and White (10.57%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From rana (“frog”), a nickname for a person with bulging eyes or a croaky voice.

Rana m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Rana

1. a municipality of Nordland, Norway

• Mo i Rana

Rana

1. a municipality of Nordland, Norway

• Mo i Rana