Dahal Surname

3,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Dahal Surname User-submission:

The Dahal suranme is derived from a Nepali word daha (दह), which means 'lake'. The people living near a lake were called dahals.

Dahal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal124,3321:22949
India13,1691:58,2483,985
Bhutan9761:63186
Qatar7491:3,148296
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
United Arab Emirates6251:14,6601,793
United States5171:701,08155,448
Algeria2481:155,77220,059
Malaysia2291:128,7968,348
Kuwait2021:18,8152,493
Mauritius1581:8,1861,722
England1241:449,33929,774
Tanzania1161:456,39331,870
Australia1141:236,80422,158
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
Iran1041:738,29438,062
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Thailand781:905,620141,791
Canada691:533,99444,923
Indonesia371:3,574,303189,798
Denmark311:182,08815,299
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Pakistan251:7,145,75540,003
China171:80,430,6804,441
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Japan121:10,653,69145,407
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Iceland91:42,2322,922
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Finland81:687,08836,047
Norway81:642,78647,258
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
France21:33,211,361423,184
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dahal (538) may also be a first name.

Dahal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Dahal suranme is derived from a Nepali word daha (दह), which means 'lake'. The people living near a lake were called dahals.

- sumiran

The Dahal surname means 'resident of Daha', a location in Nepal.

- theepicdab

Dahal Last Name Facts

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

Dahal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻫﺎﻝ, Hindi: दहल, Marathi: दहाल, Oriya: ଡାହାଳ, Tibetan: ད་ཧལ།) is found in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dahal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,925th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 50,943 people. The surname Dahal occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Dahal reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 363,474th most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 538 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nepal, where it is carried by 124,332 people, or 1 in 229. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Koshi, where 24 percent live, Bagmati, where 24 percent live and Mechi, where 17 percent live. Beside Nepal it is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent live and Bhutan, where 1 percent live.

Dahal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dahal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dahal surname grew 25,850 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 12,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dahal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dahal last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% being registered with the party.

The amount Dahal earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning 264,695 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.66% less than the national average, earning $42,866 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.82% more than the national average, earning $62,015 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhahal91299/
Dahall9113/
Dahail912/
Dahahl911/
Dahald910/
Dhal8979,768/
Dahl8978,862/
Daal896,060/
Dhahale8343/
Dahaale8333/
Daahaal831/
Dahalhe831/
Dhale8019,128/
Dhall805,217/
Dağal80548/
Dhaul80456/
Dahul80414/
Ddhal80294/
Ådahl80248/
Dahlø80151/
Daale80118/
Daihl8090/
Dahll8049/
Daall8024/
Dhaal8021/
Dhalh8019/
Dhalt8018/
Dhail8018/
Dahyl8016/
Daatl8011/
D'Ahl804/
Dhhal803/
Daail803/
Dheal802/
Hdhal801/
Dhatl801/
Dh'al801/
Dalhl801/
Dauhl801/
D'Hal801/
Daaal801/
Dal75183,565/
Dachel73344/
Dağalp73222/
Dhaale7354/
Dhalle7352/
Dhaule7333/
Dhasle7313/
Dhaile7313/
Dhalhe7312/
Dhasil7310/
D'Hall735/
Dhaatl734/
Dhhale734/
Dhaail733/
Dhault733/
Dhatil733/
Dachil732/
Dhayle732/
Dhdhal732/
Dhatel732/
D'Hale732/
Dhagli731/
Daatll731/
Daayle731/
Dahlhe731/
Ddaall731/
Ddgaal731/
Hdhail731/
Daagli731/
Daatel731/
Daaisl731/
Dhahlh731/
Deahhl730/
Dale67110,611/
Deal6735,238/
Dall6718,884/
Dail676,612/
Daul673,712/
Dhol671,503/
Dohl67624/
Dauchel67249/
Dayl67203/
Dasshil67200/
Dhaille67180/
Dalp6767/
Dalt6759/
Dalh6753/
Datl6742/
Daschil6736/
D'Al6731/
Dald6730/
Hdal6729/
Dhautel6716/
Dasl6713/
Daël6713/
Ådal677/
Dalå676/
Dahlová675/
Dhausel674/
Daalova674/
Dalì673/
Dhachil672/
Dalĺ672/
Tdal672/
Dalhova672/
Dhaalhe671/
Dhdhale671/
Ddal671/
D'Hayle671/
Dajl671/
Dachell670/
Dachill670/

Dahal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dahal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻫﺎﻝdhal50
ﺍﻟﺪﻫﺎﻝaldhal50
Dahal in the Oriya language
ଡାହାଳd'ahala40
ଦହଲdahala31.11
ଦହଳdahala11.11
ଡାହାଲd'ahala6.67
ଡହଲdahala4.44
ଡହଳdahala2.22
ଦାହାଲdahala2.22
ଡାହଲd'ahala2.22
Dahal in the Tibetan language
ད་ཧལ།dahal39.67
ད་ཧཱལ།dahal28.34
དཱ་ཧཱལ།dahal17.37
དྲ་ཧལ།drahal5.48
གྲ་ཀལ།drakal2.19
དཱལ།dal2.01
དཱ་ཧལ།dahal0.91
དྷལ།dhal0.91
དར་ནལ།darnal0.73
ད་ཧལ་dahal0.73
དལ།dal0.55
མ་ཡ་ད་ཧལ་mayadahal0.18
ད་ཧཱ་ལ།dahala0.18
དཧཱལ།dahal0.18
ད་ཧལ།།dahal0.18
ཀི་ཤོར་ད་ཧལ་kishordahal0.18
ད་ཧལ།་dahal0.18
Dahal in the Hindi language
दहलdahala34.65
दहालdahala30.69
दाहालdahala20.79
दाहलdahala5.94
दहलाdahala3.96
Dahal in the Marathi language
दहालdahala31.03
डहाळdahala20.69
डाळdala13.79
दहलdahala10.34
दाहलdahala6.9
दहाळdahala6.9
डाहाळd'ahala3.45
डहालdahala3.45
डफळdaphala3.45

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