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Patel Surname

119th Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 4,847,640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: IndiaHighest density in: India

Patel Surname Definition:

“Village Headman” in Hindustani. Commonest Indian surname. Compare Scholtz and Reeve (q.v.).

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Patel Surname Distribution Map

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• 2014
• 1880

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
India	4,215,909	1:182	19
United States	231,256	1:1,567	123
England	166,747	1:334	9
Canada	31,161	1:1,182	80
Mozambique	29,045	1:939	226
Saudi Arabia	16,973	1:1,818	198
Nepal	16,471	1:1,729	254
Australia	14,908	1:1,811	228
South Africa	14,089	1:3,845	512
Thailand	11,720	1:6,027	226
Oman	11,401	1:323	37
United Arab Emirates	10,897	1:841	91
Malawi	7,894	1:2,169	260
Rwanda	5,581	1:2,036	486
Qatar	4,577	1:515	23
Sudan	4,480	1:8,373	1,185
Kuwait	3,982	1:954	95
Madagascar	3,880	1:6,095	1,238
Kenya	3,774	1:12,236	1,531
New Zealand	3,713	1:1,220	119
Pakistan	3,622	1:49,322	2,034
Fiji	2,765	1:323	30
Angola	2,761	1:9,775	1,207
Bangladesh	2,343	1:68,014	3,342
Ghana	2,286	1:11,820	1,565
Ethiopia	2,093	1:46,606	5,024
Zambia	1,719	1:9,220	1,087
Zimbabwe	1,493	1:10,340	1,307
France	1,486	1:44,699	5,682
Wales	1,428	1:2,167	234
Sri Lanka	1,316	1:15,812	2,223
Tanzania	1,201	1:44,081	5,003
Singapore	1,143	1:4,819	327
Malaysia	1,016	1:29,030	2,526
Bahrain	867	1:1,555	219
Spain	772	1:60,560	5,493
Scotland	698	1:7,670	1,164
Brazil	694	1:308,464	11,887
Swaziland	682	1:1,904	200
Israel	652	1:13,125	2,007
Uganda	516	1:75,658	8,258
Germany	507	1:158,788	18,918
Egypt	458	1:200,733	14,525
Panama	438	1:8,932	845
Hong Kong	422	1:17,383	407
Sweden	394	1:24,992	2,031
Botswana	370	1:5,911	961
Mauritius	347	1:3,727	710
Russia	333	1:432,802	41,165
Macau	293	1:2,053	219
Portugal	293	1:35,557	2,167
Poland	236	1:161,054	22,666
Barbados	235	1:1,223	283
DR Congo	226	1:326,901	29,253
Belgium	220	1:52,257	8,540
Trinidad and Tobago	202	1:6,752	1,018
Netherlands	193	1:87,498	14,492
Ireland	165	1:28,539	2,576
Switzerland	146	1:56,253	7,172
China	113	1:12,100,191	733
Dominican Republic	108	1:96,601	4,209
Ecuador	108	1:147,276	7,052
Denmark	106	1:53,252	5,465
Seychelles	106	1:872	216
Japan	102	1:1,253,375	22,413
Jamaica	95	1:30,210	2,238
Norway	88	1:58,435	8,352
Argentina	86	1:497,016	36,727
Iraq	84	1:416,924	7,373
Austria	83	1:102,596	14,745
Nigeria	74	1:2,393,821	79,921
Turkey	69	1:1,127,847	48,960
Libya	49	1:127,428	674
Grenada	46	1:2,359	388
Philippines	38	1:2,664,164	134,326
Laos	36	1:183,009	198
Myanmar	36	1:1,442,722	585
Indonesia	32	1:4,132,787	209,071
Lesotho	31	1:65,566	9,080
South Korea	31	1:1,652,911	408
Papua New Guinea	30	1:271,791	36,992
Finland	27	1:203,582	17,121
Northern Ireland	26	1:70,963	5,105
Burundi	25	1:392,194	499
Malta	24	1:17,928	1,021
Ukraine	24	1:1,896,779	136,831
Greece	23	1:481,730	61,288
Afghanistan	20	1:1,607,659	12,727
American Samoa	19	1:2,935	631
Estonia	19	1:69,569	12,771
Jersey	17	1:5,835	1,193
Antigua and Barbuda	15	1:6,611	774
Cyprus	13	1:68,067	7,075
Italy	13	1:4,704,361	107,811
Mexico	12	1:10,343,850	40,270
Namibia	12	1:200,783	9,838
Iceland	11	1:34,554	2,447
Vietnam	11	1:8,422,369	2,636
Gibraltar	10	1:3,395	741
Guatemala	10	1:1,608,267	5,853
Czechia	9	1:1,181,497	85,740
Kazakhstan	9	1:1,964,722	89,832
Taiwan	9	1:2,604,972	16,335
Guam	8	1:20,015	3,029
Georgia	7	1:535,078	18,425
Isle of Man	7	1:12,260	2,387
Jordan	7	1:1,263,205	16,935
Monaco	7	1:5,295	668
Kyrgyzstan	6	1:995,442	57,680
North Macedonia	6	1:350,245	17,994
Turks and Caicos Islands	6	1:5,722	548
Algeria	5	1:7,726,310	57,379
Benin	5	1:2,067,120	68,069
Bermuda	5	1:13,056	1,849
Brunei	5	1:83,746	1,811
Bulgaria	5	1:1,395,781	41,665
Colombia	5	1:9,554,814	25,159
Congo	5	1:997,819	17,129
Dominica	5	1:15,178	463
Ivory Coast	5	1:4,614,246	51,139
Maldives	5	1:80,834	3,218
Anguilla	4	1:3,359	324
Belarus	4	1:2,375,265	105,497
Burkina Faso	4	1:4,588,025	21,573
Equatorial Guinea	4	1:283,918	487
Faroe Islands	4	1:12,250	984
Mali	4	1:4,242,259	2,433
New Caledonia	4	1:69,056	6,678
Sierra Leone	4	1:1,772,408	958
Togo	4	1:1,811,942	8,122
Tonga	4	1:26,828	461
Turkmenistan	4	1:1,372,278	6,164
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Yemen	4	1:6,606,324	25,896
Andorra	3	1:27,946	1,499
Croatia	3	1:1,409,535	70,997
Haiti	3	1:3,561,302	20,668
Lebanon	3	1:1,879,028	22,073
Lithuania	3	1:1,011,529	32,308
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1:18,400	1,110
Senegal	3	1:4,859,781	6,822
Syria	3	1:6,433,674	16,197
Albania	2	1:1,457,028	24,967
Armenia	2	1:1,465,090	16,492
Azerbaijan	2	1:4,824,561	42,415
Bahamas	2	1:195,876	1,708
Belize	2	1:177,737	3,502
Cambodia	2	1:7,743,573	11,959
Cameroon	2	1:10,384,534	165,830
Cayman Islands	2	1:31,946	1,715
Costa Rica	2	1:2,390,034	10,205
Hungary	2	1:4,908,138	64,617
Liberia	2	1:2,204,268	40,131
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Moldova	2	1:1,780,684	55,103
Nicaragua	2	1:3,010,545	7,383
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1:56,330	1,327
Slovakia	2	1:2,668,225	118,680
Uruguay	2	1:1,715,879	35,955
Bhutan	1	1:616,039	1,715
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
British Virgin Islands	1	1:31,594	1,029
Comoros	1	1:749,524	685
Cuba	1	1:11,522,716	17,380
Gabon	1	1:1,889,194	6,814
Guinea	1	1:11,833,817	3,268
Guinea-Bissau	1	1:1,728,021	323
Guyana	1	1:762,221	14,420
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Iran	1	1:76,782,524	277,718
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Morocco	1	1:34,476,099	111,471
Niger	1	1:19,192,017	110,060
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Peru	1	1:31,784,123	64,452
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Romania	1	1:20,077,870	89,414
Saint Lucia	1	1:178,781	3,800
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
Slovenia	1	1:2,487,675	31,128
South Sudan	1	1:11,415,076	3,182
Tajikistan	1	1:8,386,692	12,859
Tunisia	1	1:610,626	30,336
Tuvalu	1	1:11,188	103
United States Virgin Islands	1	1:110,375	6,934
Venezuela	1	1:30,204,077	85,459

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	11	1:4,565,335	193,764

The alternate forms: Pätel (22), Patél (12), Patêl (1), Pâtêl (2), Pátểl (2), Pàtél (1), Pátél (1), Pátêl (1), Pãtêl (1) & Pätël (1) are calculated separately.

Patel (278,546) may also be a first name.

Patel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Village Headman” in Hindustani. Commonest Indian surname. Compare Scholtz and Reeve (q.v.).

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

The Patel surname is most commonly of Indian (Gujarati) origin. The Hindu surname translates originally as "headman" or "village chief." It can also mean "farmer" from the Gujarati word pat or patlikh, for the owner/tenant of a piece of land.

- kimverska

Patel is an Indian surname. They, according to the Hindu religion in India, are known as farmers in most northern regions of India. In Gujarati they are known as village headmen.

- ankush

The surname Patel means 'land owning communities of farmers'. It is mainly concentrated in Gujarat, India.

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• Average Salary in:United StatesCanadaEnglandIsle of ManJerseyNorthern IrelandNorwayScotlandSouth AfricaUnited StatesWales
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• Religious Adherence in:KenyaKenyaRussia
• Political Affiliation in:United StatesUnited States

Patel Demographics

Average Patel Salary inUnited States

$53,424 USD

Per year

Rank: 317,951 of 1,180,305Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:0.0650841Rank: 120 of 1,181,369Percentage of national average salary:123.81%Sample size: 103,899 (2014)

Average Salary inUnited States

$43,149 USD

Per year

Per month: $3,596 USDPer week: $799 USDPer day: $118 USD

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Patel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Patel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Patel (Arabic: باتل, Bengali: প্যাটেল, Hindi: पटेल, Marathi: पटेल, Oriya: ପେଟଲ, Russian: Патель) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Pätel, Patél, Patêl, Pâtêl, Pátểl, Pàtél, Pátél, Pátêl, Pãtêl or Pätël. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Patel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 119th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,503 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Patel are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,774th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 278,546 people.

The last name Patel is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 4,215,909 people, or 1 in 182. In India Patel is most common in: Gujarat, where 75 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 10 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 3 percent are found. Not including India it is found in 186 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Patel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Patel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Patel surname increased 2,102,327 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Patel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Patel last name is principally Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Patel surname are 8.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Patel earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.98% more than the national average, earning 390,992 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.05% more than the national average, earning R 311,424 per year; in United States they earn 23.81% more than the national average, earning $53,424 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.23% less than the national average, earning $49,073 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Pätel	93	22	/
Patél	93	12	/
Patêl	93	1	/
Pattel	91	1,555	/
Pastel	91	1,219	/
Patell	91	528	/
Paitel	91	427	/
Pateel	91	362	/
Patuel	91	336	/
Pathel	91	253	/
Paetel	91	74	/
Patael	91	63	/
Paatel	91	37	/
Pajtel	91	33	/
Pautel	91	25	/
Ppatel	91	22	/
Patiel	91	21	/
Bpatel	91	17	/
Phatel	91	17	/
Pateul	91	10	/
Hpatel	91	10	/
Paytel	91	7	/
Vpatel	91	7	/
Peatel	91	5	/
Patelp	91	3	/
Pateld	91	2	/
Patelt	91	2	/
Patelh	91	2	/
Pate'l	91	1	/
Patesl	91	1	/
Patl	89	263	/
Pâtêl	87	2	/
Pátểl	87	2	/
Pàtél	87	1	/
Pátél	87	1	/
Pátêl	87	1	/
Pãtêl	87	1	/
Pätël	87	1	/
Pastell	83	171	/
Pathuel	83	54	/
Pasteel	83	24	/
Paistel	83	22	/
Patteel	83	14	/
Phatael	83	13	/
Pattell	83	11	/
Paithel	83	6	/
Phateel	83	4	/
Patelph	83	3	/
Patthel	83	2	/
Pachtel	83	2	/
D'Patel	83	2	/
Paethel	83	2	/
Pathael	83	1	/
Patelld	83	1	/
Patheel	83	1	/
Pathtel	83	1	/
Hpattel	83	1	/
Pautiel	83	1	/
Bppatel	83	1	/
Patiell	83	0	/
Peatell	83	0	/
Patil	80	3,705,743	/
Potel	80	4,174	/
Petel	80	3,580	/
Paitl	80	440	/
Pasel	80	334	/
Pastl	80	170	/
Pajtl	80	104	/
Pacel	80	104	/
Pétel	80	26	/
Paetl	80	16	/
Paytl	80	15	/
Pattl	80	12	/
Patll	80	8	/
Patlt	80	8	/
Pôtel	80	4	/
Pathl	80	1	/
Patyl	80	1	/
Peatl	80	1	/
Patíl	80	1	/
Paustell	77	27	/
Patelova	77	10	/
Patelová	77	4	/
Peachtel	77	1	/
Patehell	77	0	/
Patthell	77	0	/
Paschtel	77	0	/
Pal	75	3,141,817	/
Postel	73	5,404	/
Pachel	73	737	/
Pethel	73	632	/
Pathil	73	436	/
Paatil	73	391	/
Petell	73	357	/
Pacelt	73	296	/
Pattil	73	264	/
Passel	73	224	/
Paszel	73	219	/
Pottel	73	181	/
Patill	73	168	/
Petuel	73	154	/
Peasel	73	142	/
Pazcel	73	127	/
Poitel	73	116	/
Peitel	73	87	/
Phatil	73	73	/
Pothel	73	66	/
Pasell	73	64	/
Peytel	73	62	/
Patlep	73	62	/
Paisel	73	62	/
Petiel	73	58	/
Puitel	73	58	/
Pacell	73	43	/
Pastil	73	36	/
Pettel	73	35	/
Potell	73	35	/
Poetel	73	32	/
Pattyl	73	25	/
Pausel	73	23	/
Paitil	73	14	/
Paucel	73	12	/
Péthel	73	11	/
Paselt	73	9	/
Patiol	73	8	/
Ppatil	73	7	/
Pautil	73	7	/
Pastyl	73	7	/
Patuil	73	6	/
Pehtel	73	5	/
Padtil	73	3	/
Pootel	73	2	/
Paathl	73	2	/
Pasiel	73	2	/
Päthel	73	2	/
Paheel	73	2	/
Pathyl	73	1	/
Patild	73	1	/
Patilh	73	1	/
Paztil	73	1	/
Paytil	73	1	/
Pajtil	73	1	/
Paheil	73	1	/
Vpatil	73	1	/
Patilĉ	73	1	/
Phetel	73	1	/
Paijtl	73	1	/
Paseel	73	1	/
Poteel	73	0	/
Potelt	73	0	/
Patlet	73	0	/
Paytelova	71	2	/
Paul	67	1,654,899	/
Pale	67	110,837	/
Phal	67	37,031	/
Pahl	67	19,878	/
Pall	67	13,032	/
Paal	67	7,417	/
Peal	67	6,154	/
Peil	67	4,044	/
Postell	67	3,427	/
Pail	67	2,614	/
Palh	67	1,591	/
Paál	67	932	/
Pethtel	67	736	/
Palt	67	518	/
Payl	67	380	/
Peul	67	253	/
Passell	67	217	/
Postelt	67	217	/
Peyl	67	146	/
Ppal	67	144	/
Pald	67	127	/
Pachell	67	77	/
Pajchel	67	53	/
Pfal	67	50	/
Pajl	67	40	/
Petl	67	29	/
Palù	67	29	/
Pettell	67	22	/
Pethuel	67	20	/
Pascell	67	11	/
Palp	67	11	/
Pátl	67	8	/
Pasl	67	6	/
Potl	67	6	/
Paichel	67	5	/
Pottell	67	4	/
Paustil	67	4	/
Patlova	67	4	/
Bpal	67	3	/
Hpal	67	3	/
Patlová	67	3	/
Phaisel	67	2	/
Paathil	67	2	/
Pötl	67	2	/
Peachel	67	2	/
Paùl	67	2	/
Pastill	67	1	/
Pootell	67	1	/
Pathlth	67	1	/
Pattill	67	1	/
Paucell	67	1	/
Phatill	67	1	/
Petheel	67	1	/
Vpal	67	1	/
Passelt	67	1	/
Pauszel	67	1	/
Palì	67	1	/
Pa'l	67	1	/
Pettoel	67	1	/
Poetael	67	1	/
Poutelt	67	0	/
Pothell	67	0	/
Pethell	67	0	/
Peasell	67	0	/
Pfeutel	67	0	/
Patlett	67	0	/
Paysell	67	0	/
Petteel	67	0	/
Pethiel	67	0	/
Pouhtel	67	0	/
Pachelt	67	0	/
Posteel	67	0	/
Pheasel	67	0	/

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Patel Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Patel in the Bengali language
প্যাটেল	pyatela	-
Patel in the Hindi language
पटेल	patela	99.59
पतेल	patela	0.06
पाटेल	patela	0.05
पटेल़	patela	0.04
पटॆल्	patel	0.01
पटेळ	patela	0.01
टेल	tela	0.01
पटेल्	patel	0.01
प्टेल	ptela	0
पदेल	padela	0
पतेल्	patel	0
पटल	patala	0
पटॆळ्	patel	0
पतेला	patela	0
प्ाटेल	patela	0
पटेन	patena	0
पटे्ल	patela	0
पब्ेल	pabela	0
पटेलृ	patelr	0
पटेली	pateli	0
पट्ेल	patela	0
पाटील	patila	0
पअेल	paaela	0
पटॆल	patela	0
पटॆळ	patela	0
पटेज	pateja	0
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Patel in the Marathi language
पटेल	patela	98.72
पटले	patale	0.08
पाटील	patila	0.08
पतेल	patela	0.06
पटेळ	patela	0.06
पटॆल	patela	0.05
पडेल	padela	0.05
पाटेल	patela	0.04
पटल	patala	0.02
अतुल	atula	0.02
पटे	pate	0.01
पता	pata	0.01
टेल	tela	0.01
पातेल	patela	0.01
पटॅल	patela	0.01
पटेले	patele	0.01
अॅलि	aeli	0
पटेस	patesa	0
टेला	tela	0
पोटेल	potela	0
अतील	atila	0
पाटीळ	patila	0
पाता	pata	0
पटली	patali	0
पेटेल	petela	0
आसेल	asela	0
पातळ	patala	0
पटोल	patola	0
पट	pata	0
पतॆल्	patel	0
परेळ	parela	0
पटेक	pateka	0
लतेल	latela	0
अतूल	atula	0
पाटॆल	patela	0
पिटेल	pitela	0
सतेल	satela	0
आतेश	atesa	0
पाटोळे	patole	0
पअेल	paaela	0
पतु	patu	0
पटळे	patale	0
पटेअ	pate'a	0
लते	late	0
अतुला	atula	0
चटेल	catela	0
पतेलो	patelo	0
पळेल	palela	0
पटेम	patema	0
वटेल	vatela	0
आटेल	atela	0
पाटेळ	patela	0
पारेल	parela	0
पड़ेल	parela	0
पयेल	payela	0
पाते	pate	0
पटेन	patena	0
्पटेल	patela	0
पटेश	patesa	0
पाटले	patale	0
पटेलु	patelu	0
ाटेल	atela	0
पटॆ	pate	0
पटले़	patale	0
पतेर	patera	0
पटील	patila	0
पती	pati	0
पटेत	pateta	0
पत	pata	0
लाटे	late	0
पाथ	patha	0
परेल	parela	0
़पटेल	patela	0
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Patel in the Oriya language
ପେଟଲ	petala	97.25
ପେଟଲ୍	petal	0.26
ପାତ	pata	0.02
କମେଳ	kamela	0.01
ପାଟ	pata	0.01
ପତି	pati	0.01
ନତୁଲା	natula	0.01
କମେଲ	kamela	0.01
ତେଲ	tela	0
ନାେଳି	naeli	0
ଲଏଲା	la'ela	0
ବଏଲ	ba'ela	0
ପାତଳ	patala	0
ପତା	pata	0
ସତ	sata	0
ପେଟେ	pete	0
ପତ	pata	0
ସାଏ	sa'e	0
ଅଁେଲ	amela	0
ଦାଏଲ	da'ela	0
ଲାେଲ	laela	0
ଅତିଲ	atila	0
କଟା	kata	0
ସତୁଲା	satula	0
ତେଲା	tela	0
ଲତା	lata	0
ପତେନ	patena	0
ଡାେଲ	daela	0
ଅଏଲା	a'ela	0
ହାତୀ	hati	0
ଅତୁଲ	atula	0
ନତୁଳା	natula	0
କାେଳି	kaeli	0
କାେଲା	kaela	0
ପଟଲ	patala	0
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Patel in the Russian language
Патель	patel	-
Patel in the Arabic language
باتل	batl	-
باتيل	batyl	-
بتل	btl	-

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