Gyawali Surname

310,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Qatar

Gyawali Surname User-submission:

The surname belongs to a Brahmin/Bahun caste in Nepal. The meaning of the surname Gyawali/Gyanwali is 'knowledge'. The word gyan is from a word in Sanskrit that roughly translates to 'knowledge' in English.

Gyawali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal4581:62,1851,668
Qatar1251:18,8642,013
United Arab Emirates1161:78,9857,143
United States1051:3,451,990194,849
India951:8,074,372169,494
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Australia451:599,90442,958
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
England321:1,741,18971,393
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Singapore131:423,66918,211
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
China61:227,886,92811,701
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Macau11:601,6301,582
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397

Gyawali Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname belongs to a Brahmin/Bahun caste in Nepal. The meaning of the surname Gyawali/Gyanwali is 'knowledge'. The word gyan is from a word in Sanskrit that roughly translates to 'knowledge' in English.

- brinja

Gyawali Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gyawali (Hindi: ज्ञवाली, Marathi: यावली) occurs in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gyawali.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyawali? popularity and diffusion

It is the 310,170th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,997,980 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Gyawali live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 46 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

It is most prevalent in Nepal, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 62,185. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Bagmati, where 10 percent reside, Mechi, where 0 percent reside and Bheri, where 0 percent reside. Not including Nepal it is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 10 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent reside.

Gyawali Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gyawali earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 22.86% more than the national average, earning R 291,960 per year; in United States they earn 25.66% more than the national average, earning $54,221 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.04% less than the national average, earning $32,772 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyawaly865/
Gyawala861/
Djawali71154/
Dyawala7135/
Diawali716/
Dyavali715/
Gjabali712/
Geabali711/
Dhyawala6735/
Dyavalli6722/
Ghyavala673/
Gjaballi671/
Djawalai671/

Gyawali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gyawali in the Marathi language
यावलीyavali-
Gyawali in the Hindi language
ज्ञवालीjnavali80
ज्ञावलीjnavali20

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