Rang
loc · Latin script
Meaning: from obd. Rang 'slope, bend, curve of a way'; also linked with the Germanic stem *rǫng- / *ragin-
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Rang is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.
- INIndia
- MAMorocco
- PKPakistan
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 162 (measured from records)
no count published
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ranga in IN India.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from obd. Rang 'slope, bend, curve of a way'; also linked with the Germanic stem *rǫng- / *ragin-
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rang counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | — | 1.6K | Ranga | 148 |
| PK Pakistan | — | — | Rang | 17 |
| MA Morocco | — | — | Rang | 2 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | — | Rang | 4 |
| EG Egypt | — | — | Rang | 6 |
| US United States | — | 19K | — | 162 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 2.6K | — | 41 |
| SE Sweden | — | 2K | — | 3 |
| NO Norway | — | 910 | — | 3 |
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 2000; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)
Rang is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, standing, status
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In Vietnamese, to roast (usually rice, beans, black pepper, corn, etc.) in a pan; compare nướng (“to roast directly over fire or charcoal”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, simple past of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hrx, climber; creeper (plant that grows by creeping)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, first/third-person singular preterite of ringen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Zhang Rangb. 200Chinese Eunuch
- Xing Rangb. 1429politician
- Yan Rangb. 1431politician
- Zhu Rangb. 1439Ming dynasty person CBDB = 199676
- Chen Rangb. 1447CNpolitician
- Chen Rangb. 1491politician
- Sander Rangb. 1793FRFrench conchologist
- Henri Rangb. 1902ROequestrian (1902–1946)
- Gu RangMing dynasty person CBDB = 329668
- Li RangMing dynasty person CBDB = 128082
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 859 | #29,333 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 777 | #6,618 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 763 | #29,237 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 733 | #31,554 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 214 | #3,919 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 172 | #15,691 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 39 | #59,263 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 24 | #38,591 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Rang mean, and where does it come from?
- from obd. Rang 'slope, bend, curve of a way'; also linked with the Germanic stem *rǫng- / *ragin- Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- In which country does Rang have the most bearers?
- Rang is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ranga.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rangThe 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, “Rang”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.