Pokherel Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Pokherel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 44 | 1:647,294 | 4,928 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Pokherel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokherel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokherel (Hindi: पोखरेल, Tibetan: པོག་རེལ།) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokherel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Pokherel occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Pokherel live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 647,294. In Nepal it is most common in: Gandaki, where 16 percent are found, Lumbini, where 16 percent are found and Narayani, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nepal this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokherl | 93 | 4 | / |
| Pokharel | 88 | 71,154 | / |
| Pokhrele | 88 | 4 | / |
| Pokhorel | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pakherel | 88 | 1 | / |
| Phokerel | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pukherel | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pokkharel | 82 | 4 | / |
| Phokharel | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pokharehl | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pokhareel | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pokarel | 80 | 10 | / |
| Pokharl | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pakharel | 75 | 32 | / |
| Pekharel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pakihrel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pakhorel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peckerel | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pouquerel | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pakerl | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pacherell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Packerell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pacorel | 67 | 96 | / |
| Pakırel | 67 | 75 | / |
| Pacherl | 67 | 27 | / |
| Paukerl | 67 | 17 | / |
| Pakarel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pakirel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pecorel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paakerl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pekarel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pucheril | 63 | 11 | / |
| Paccorel | 63 | 10 | / |
| Pecorell | 63 | 2 | / |
| Paquorel | 63 | 1 | / |
| Packerll | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pacheril | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pecoriell | 59 | 1 | / |
| Pecorellh | 59 | 1 | / |
| Packerill | 59 | 0 | / |
| Pakarl | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pecorl | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pasquerell | 56 | 15 | / |
| Pakiril | 53 | 1 | / |
Pokherel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokherel in the Tibetan language | ||
| པོག་རེལ། | pokrel | - |
| Pokherel in the Hindi language | ||
| पोखरेल | pokharela | 66.67 |
| पोखेल | pokhela | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Pokherel
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