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
The surname Pokherel (Hindi: पोखरेल, Tibetan: པོག་རེལ།) is most common in Nepal. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokherel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Pokherel occurs predominantly 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 Pokherel is most commonly used in Nepal, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 647,294. In Nepal Pokherel is most frequent in: Gandaki, where 16 percent reside, Lumbini, where 16 percent reside and Narayani, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nepal this last name is found 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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