Pakwal Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Pakwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pakwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Pakwal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pakwal (Tibetan: པོག་ཝལ།) is found most frequently in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pakwal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pakwal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pakwal is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pakwal are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 77 percent live and West Bengal, where 23 percent live. Not including India Pakwal occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 13 percent live and Afghanistan, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pankwal9215/
Pokwal83149/
Pagwal834/
Paqwal831/
Pacwald778/
Pangwal774/
Ponkwal773/
Paigwal772/
Pagwale772/
Pokhwal771/
Paingwal711/
Panghwal711/
Pasqwale711/
Pacual6782/
Pegwal6733/
Pagual6711/
Paqual673/
Pokwol673/
Phaskuale671/

Pakwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pakwal in the Tibetan language
པོག་ཝལ།pokwal50
པག་ལྦལ།pakbal50

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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
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  • 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 Pakwal
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