Kewal Surname

87,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Suriname

Kewal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kewal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3,8501:46,4011,945
India1,1321:677,62031,728
Suriname1921:2,878463
Mauritius601:21,5574,350
United States531:6,838,848318,712
England381:1,466,26563,675
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Guyana131:58,6324,970
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Qatar91:262,00030,726
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Kewal (89,794) may also be a first name.

Kewal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kewal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺍﻟﻪ, Hindi: केवल, Marathi: केवल, Oriya: େକୱଲ, Tibetan: ཀེ་ཝལ་) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kewal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kewal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 87,302nd most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,322,604 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kewal reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 11,222nd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 89,794 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 3,850 people, or 1 in 46,401. In Pakistan Kewal is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 100 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent reside. Other than Pakistan this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and Suriname, where 3 percent reside.

Kewal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kewal surname are 37.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.91% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kewal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.18% less than the national average, earning R 20,964 per year; in United States they earn 42.47% more than the national average, earning $61,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.8% less than the national average, earning $39,845 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kewale91195/
Khewal9135/
Keiwal9129/
Kejwal9115/
Keewal913/
Kaewal911/
Kewaal911/
Kewahl911/
Kewall911/
Khewale83201/
Keiwall8398/
Kiewall8327/
Keshwal8315/
Åkewall834/
Kehwald832/
Kowal8032,820/
Keval8015,623/
Kawal802,324/
Kiwal8076/
Kewol8013/
Qewal801/
Kiwale736,937/
Kevale731,370/
Kowall73956/
Khowal73485/
Kawall73367/
Kejval73292/
Kieval73111/
Khawal7372/
Keibal7368/
Kiwall7361/
Kowahl7354/
Kiveal7332/
Koveal7325/
Kaeval7325/
Kawwal7319/
Koeval7319/
Kaiwal7319/
Kkeval7319/
Kheval7317/
Chewal7316/
Kaywal7311/
Kahwal7311/
Khiwal7310/
Kowail738/
Ketval736/
Kawaal735/
Kujwal734/
Keival733/
Koiwal733/
Kywall733/
Keaval732/
Kawalh732/
Kohwal731/
Kiswal731/
Kawual731/
Quewal731/
Kawail731/
Kawahl731/
Kewole731/
Keewol731/
Kawhal731/
Kajwal731/
Kesswalle711/
Khevale672,280/
Khoiwal6776/
Khaiwal6759/
Kiwalle6740/
Khetval6718/
Kevaale6711/
Kaiswal6710/
Kihwale678/
Kewoule677/
Kevhale677/
Khiwale675/
Kaiwale673/
Kethval673/
Kevatil672/
Keewoll671/
Kewould671/
Kaywall671/
Kheball671/
Khawaal671/
Khoeval671/
Khohwal671/
Kiwhale671/
Keawole671/
Kiswale671/
Keywold670/

Kewal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kewal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﺍﻟﻪkwalh-
Kewal in the Hindi language
केवलkevala98.45
केवलाkevala0.44
केबलkebala0.22
के़वलkevala0.22
केवलीkevali0.22
Kewal in the Marathi language
केवलkevala95.22
केवळkevala4.14
केवालkevala0.15
केवळेkevale0.06
केबलkebala0.03
ेवलevala0.03
केवलाkevala0.03
Kewal in the Tibetan language
ཀེ་ཝལ་kéwal47.06
ཀི་ཝལ་kiwal29.41
ཀུ་ཝལ་kuwal5.88
ཁོ་ཝལ་khowal5.88
ཀི་བཱལ་kibal5.88
ཀེ་ལྦལ་kébal5.88
Kewal in the Oriya language
େକୱଲekawala43.9
େକୱାଲekawala19.51
େକଓଲeka'ola12.2
େକୱଳekawala7.32
େକବଳekabala4.88
େକବଲekabala4.88
ପେଟଲpetala2.44
େକୱାଳekawala2.44
େକୱାଲ୍ekawal2.44

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