Nepali Surname
Approximately 143,312 people bear this surname
Nepali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 138,585 | 1:206 | 45 |
| India | 2,765 | 1:277,420 | 15,791 |
| Qatar | 705 | 1:3,345 | 325 |
| Malaysia | 432 | 1:68,274 | 5,006 |
| United Arab Emirates | 280 | 1:32,722 | 3,512 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Nepali (14,494) may also be a first name.
Nepali Demographics
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Nepali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nepali Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nepali (Bengali: নেপালী, Hindi: नेपाली, Marathi: नेपाली, Oriya: େନପାଳି, Russian: Непали) is found most in Nepal. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nepali? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nepali is the 3,914th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 50,851 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nepali are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Nepali is also the 47,511th most frequently used first name globally, held by 14,494 people.
The last name Nepali is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is held by 138,585 people, or 1 in 206. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Bheri, where 16 percent live, Rapti, where 16 percent live and Gandaki, where 14 percent live. Barring Nepal it is found in 45 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Nepali Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Nepali are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70% registered with the party.
The amount Nepali earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.97% less than the national average, earning 273,502 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.72% more than the national average, earning $45,187 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nepali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nepali in the Bengali language | ||
| নেপালী | nepali | - |
| Nepali in the Hindi language | ||
| नेपाली | nepali | 99.76 |
| नेपालीज़् | nepaliz | 0.08 |
| नॅपाली | nepali | 0.08 |
| नैपाली | naipali | 0.08 |
| Nepali in the Oriya language | ||
| େନପାଳି | enapali | 64.6 |
| େନପାଳୀ | enapali | 19.91 |
| େନପାଲି | enapali | 10.18 |
| େନପାଲୀ | enapali | 3.1 |
| େନପାଳ | enapala | 0.88 |
| Nepali in the Marathi language | ||
| नेपाली | nepali | 56.85 |
| नेपाळी | nepali | 42.38 |
| नेपािल | nepaila | 0.21 |
| नैपाली | naipali | 0.14 |
| नेपािळ | nepaila | 0.14 |
| नेपली | nepali | 0.14 |
| Nepali in the Russian language | ||
| Непали | nepali | - |
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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 Nepali
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