Patels Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Patels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Patels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India221:34,866,608408,224
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Patels Last Name Facts

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

Patels is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Patels.

How Common Is The Last Name Patels? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Patels live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Patels is most common in: Telangana, where 32 percent reside, Gujarat, where 27 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pastels924/
Pattels921/
Pasteels86290/
Pastells86137/
Patelles864/
Pattells860/
Patles8361/
Patelz838/
Patils831/
Pacels830/
Pals803,770/
Postels77204/
Petiels7719/
Pattles772/
Patills771/
Patless771/
Paasels770/
Peetels770/
Pauls7313,411/
Pales732,834/
Pahls73522/
Palse73433/
Peals73204/
Pails7377/
Peyls7377/
Palls7348/
Paals7338/
Palsz736/
Palsh736/
Pfals735/
Palst732/
Phals731/
Potls731/
Palsø731/
Palsd731/
Passells7128/
Phothels711/
Passehls710/
Paulse678,037/
Phales671,927/
Paules671,792/
Palles671,687/
Palese671,589/
Pailes67178/
Pheils67115/
Pfahls6794/
Paglis6759/
Paales6756/
Phauls6732/
Paulls6724/
Paless6719/
Pachelles6716/
Palsce6716/
Peales6716/
Palhes6714/
Postelles6712/
Pasles679/
Peijls678/
Palsøe678/
Paulst677/
Palshe676/
Peules676/
Payles674/
Peyles672/
Paulss672/
Patilz671/
Phalse671/
Pheals671/
Passelles671/
Peiles671/
Paulûs671/
Palesz671/
Phalls670/
Phalss670/
Petles670/
Pahles670/
Phails670/
Posels670/

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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 Patels
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