Dhungel Surname

33,310th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,944 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Dhungel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dhungel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal13,9941:2,035289
India1,4551:527,19326,233
United States1161:3,124,646180,867
Australia961:281,20525,117
United Arab Emirates961:95,4408,441
Qatar871:27,1032,847
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Bhutan111:56,004675
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England61:9,286,343223,652
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
France31:22,140,907385,998
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Dhungel Last Name Facts

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

Dhungel (Hindi: ढुंगेल, Tibetan: དྲུང་རྒྱལ།) occurs more in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dhungel? popularity and diffusion

Dhungel is the 33,310th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 457,071 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Dhungel reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is carried by 13,994 people, or 1 in 2,035. In Nepal Dhungel is most common in: Bagmati, where 29 percent live, Mechi, where 24 percent live and Janakpur, where 20 percent live. Aside from Nepal this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Dhungel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dhungel surname are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the political party.

Dhungel earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.33% less than the national average, earning $39,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhunngel93133/
Dhunggel9316/
Dhumngel931/
Dungel92312/
Dhugel92244/
Doungel862,428/
Dhumgel8641/
Dhunjel8621/
Dhongel8620/
Dunghel8611/
Daungel8610/
Dunguel869/
Dungiel865/
Dungael864/
Dunggel864/
Duungel861/
Dhunzel861/
Dhungyl861/
Dhugnel861/
Dungell860/
Dugel83489/
Dungl83424/
Dounggel801/
Dongel77540/
Düngel77137/
Dougel7772/
Dugiel7770/
Dunzel7769/
Duguel7762/
Ďungel7723/
Daugel7718/
Dungil7713/
Duniel778/
Dhunle776/
Dugelh775/
Duggel775/
Dhongl774/
Dhaugl774/
Duncel773/
Dunjel772/
Dunyel772/
Dunsel771/
Dunele770/
Dungelová7518/
Dungelova755/
Dugl73105/
Dongell7175/
Dunzelt7131/
Dungill7127/
Duguell7119/
Dungail7113/
Dunelle7112/
Dunghil716/
Dunggil713/
Duniell712/
Dhongil712/
Daugelė712/
Dauniel711/
Dhonsel711/
Duncell711/
Dunchel711/
Duneill711/
Dunesle711/
Donggel711/
Doongel711/
Dougell711/
Doujgel711/
Doungil711/
Daugiel711/
Douggel711/
Duggell710/
Dunshel710/
Dugnele710/
Dougeld710/
Dugnell710/
Dongl67641/
Dogel67303/
Daugl6769/
Ďugel6755/
Dutneall6734/
Dugil6727/
Dunglová6714/
Dougl6711/
Dunle676/
Dunzl676/
Doungail675/
Dunsl675/
Dhogl674/
Duggl673/
Dugll672/
Dhoneill671/
Daugeldt671/
Duncl671/
Deunelle671/
Dugelova671/
Duinelle670/
Dunghill670/
Deugl670/

Dhungel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dhungel in the Hindi language
ढुंगेलdhungela-
Dhungel in the Tibetan language
དྲུང་རྒྱལ།drunggyal70
གདུང་རྒྱལ།dunggyal10
དྲུང་གེལ།drunggel10
གྲུང་རྒྱལ།drunggyal10

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dhungel
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