Dhital Surname

28,205th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,058 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Dhital Surname User-submission:

Dhital is a Nepal surname. It is originated from the village of Dhita, Jumla, Nepal.

1) In Sanskrit dhi means 'knowledge', and tal means 'lake', 'sea'. So, dhital means 'sea of knowledge'.

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Dhital Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal18,0601:1,577235
India4081:1,880,06265,813
Bhutan2531:2,435175
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
Qatar531:44,4914,459
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
England361:1,547,72466,012
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

Dhital (19) may also be a first name.

Dhital Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dhital is a Nepal surname. It is originated from the village of Dhita, Jumla, Nepal.

Possible meaning of the surname are:

1) In Sanskrit dhi means 'knowledge', and tal means 'lake', 'sea'. So, dhital means 'sea of knowledge'.2) Dhita is village in Jumla. So, Dhital may have been originated from Dhita and -aal (meaning 'somebody who lived or has home in Dhita').3)Nepali word dhito loosely translate to something relating to finance. So the first person with Dhital surname was probably called as Dhito wal (person responsible for the financial matter of the Khas kingdom of jumla). As the time passed the word Dhitowal became Dhital.

- prksnp

Dhital is surname belonging to brahmin community of Nepal. It comes from the words dhhe, meaning 'excellent', and tal, meaning 'music'. Therefore the surname means 'excellent musician', 'one having excellent rhythm'.

- pranesh_karki

Dhital Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dhital (Hindi: धिताल, Marathi: िधटल, Oriya: ଧିତାଲ, Tibetan: དི་ཏལ།) occurs more in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dhital.

How Common Is The Last Name Dhital? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dhital is the 28,205th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 382,388 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dhital live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name in the world It is held by 19 people.

The surname Dhital is most frequent in Nepal, where it is held by 18,060 people, or 1 in 1,577. In Nepal Dhital is mostly found in: Bagmati, where 42 percent live, Gandaki, where 13 percent live and Narayani, where 11 percent live. Barring Nepal this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and Bhutan, where 1 percent live.

Dhital Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dhital last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

Dhital earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.03% less than the national average, earning $32,350 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhithal921/
Dhitale921/
Dhittal921/
Dital91716/
Distal83112/
Ditale8363/
Dhutal8339/
Dittal835/
Dietal833/
Deital833/
Ditail832/
Dhetal831/
Dgital831/
Ditaule775/
Dhetale772/
Deitale771/
Dithaul771/
Daithal771/
Dhuthal771/
Distall770/
Dichtal770/
Dutal73824/
Detal73587/
Ditol7354/
Distaule713/
Dittasil711/
Dischtal710/
Daitol671,588/
Detail67144/
Destal6781/
Distol6742/
Dethal6736/
Duthal6714/
Ditole675/
Ditthasil674/
Dutail673/
Detale673/
Diteil672/
Duytal671/
Dittasilp671/
Daytal671/
Duttal671/
Duutal671/
Deitol671/
Deatal671/
Détail671/
Dutall671/
Deytal671/
Dytall670/
Deutal670/

Dhital Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dhital in the Oriya language
ଧିତାଲdhitala-
Dhital in the Hindi language
धितालdhitala75
धीतलाdhitala25
Dhital in the Marathi language
िधटलidhatala50
िधतलidhatala25
शीतलsitala25
Dhital in the Tibetan language
དི་ཏལ།dital45.22
དྷི་ཏཱལ།dhital23.48
དྷི་ཏལ།dhital20
དི་ཏཱལ།dital8.7
དཱི་ཏལ།dital1.74
དི་ཏལ།་dital0.87

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