Pokhral Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Pokhral Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 173 | 1:164,630 | 2,694 |
| India | 165 | 1:4,648,881 | 119,525 |
| Bhutan | 14 | 1:44,003 | 608 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Pokhral Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokhral Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pokhral (Hindi: पोखराल, Tibetan: པོག་རེལ།) is carried by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokhral? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pokhral is the 796,486th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname Pokhral is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pokhral live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Pokhral is most frequently used in Nepal, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 164,630. In Nepal Pokhral is most common in: Rapti, where 23 percent are found, Lumbini, where 19 percent are found and Koshi, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nepal it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 47 percent are found and Bhutan, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhrail | 93 | 14 | / |
| Pokhrale | 93 | 6 | / |
| Poukhral | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pokhreal | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pokral | 92 | 52 | / |
| Pockhrail | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pokhrol | 86 | 33 | / |
| Pukhral | 86 | 16 | / |
| Pakhral | 86 | 12 | / |
| Pokrail | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pohkral | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pakhrhal | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pookreal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pokhrole | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pakhrale | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pukral | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pakral | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pokról | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pekral | 77 | 1 | / |
| Packrall | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pekról | 62 | 114 | / |
| Pacrault | 53 | 16 | / |
Pokhral Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokhral in the Tibetan language | ||
| པོག་རེལ། | pokrel | - |
| Pokhral in the Hindi language | ||
| पोखराल | pokharala | 60 |
| पोखरल | pokharala | 40 |
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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 Pokhral
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