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

Pakwal (Tibetan: པོག་ཝལ།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Pakwal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pakwal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pakwal reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Pakwal is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most frequent in: Assam, where 77 percent reside and West Bengal, where 23 percent reside. Barring India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Bhutan, where 13 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside.

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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