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 carried by more people in Nepal than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokherel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname 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.
The last name is most common in Nepal, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 647,294. In Nepal Pokherel is mostly concentrated in: Gandaki, where 16 percent reside, Lumbini, where 16 percent reside and Narayani, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nepal this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent reside.
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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