Pokhrel Surname
Approximately 59,792 people bear this surname
Pokhrel Surname User-submission:
The Pokharel surname originates from 'Pokhar village' in Western Nepal.
Pokhrel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 54,073 | 1:527 | 108 |
| India | 3,288 | 1:233,292 | 13,645 |
| Qatar | 449 | 1:5,252 | 550 |
| United Arab Emirates | 402 | 1:22,792 | 2,600 |
| Bhutan | 397 | 1:1,552 | 135 |
| United States | 331 | 1:1,095,042 | 79,381 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Malaysia | 113 | 1:261,011 | 14,629 |
| Australia | 75 | 1:359,943 | 30,133 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Pokhrel (22) may also be a first name.
Pokhrel Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Pokharel surname originates from 'Pokhar village' in Western Nepal.
- santoshthapaPokhrel Demographics
Average Pokhrel Salary in
United States
$37,706 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Pokhrel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokhrel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokhrel (Hindi: पोखरेल, Marathi: पोखरेल, Oriya: େପାଖେରଲ, Russian: Похрел, Tibetan: པོག་རེལ།) occurs in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokhrel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,460th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 121,882 people. The last name Pokhrel occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pokhrel live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pokhrel is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
It is most commonly used in Nepal, where it is carried by 54,073 people, or 1 in 527. In Nepal Pokhrel is most prevalent in: Lumbini, where 26 percent reside, Rapti, where 17 percent reside and Koshi, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nepal it is found in 49 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Pokhrel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pokhrel last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Pokhrel earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 12.61% less than the national average, earning $37,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.72% more than the national average, earning $54,513 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhrrel | 93 | 10 | / |
| Poukhrel | 93 | 10 | / |
| Pokkhrel | 93 | 7 | / |
| Pokhrell | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pokhrehl | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pokhhrel | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pohkhrel | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pokrel | 92 | 526 | / |
| Pokhrl | 92 | 2 | / |
| Pakhrel | 86 | 125 | / |
| Pukhrel | 86 | 66 | / |
| Phokrel | 86 | 38 | / |
| Pokhril | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pookrel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pekhrel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pokkrel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pokcrel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pohkrel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Paukhrel | 80 | 84 | / |
| Pockrell | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phokrell | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pakrel | 77 | 69 | / |
| Pukrel | 77 | 34 | / |
| Pokril | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pekrel | 77 | 2 | / |
| Paukhrrel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pakırel | 71 | 75 | / |
| Pekruel | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pakhril | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peekrell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phakrl | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pucrell | 57 | 2 | / |
| Pekrill | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pascrell | 53 | 38 | / |
| Peckrill | 53 | 6 | / |
| Pasqurell | 50 | 22 | / |
Pokhrel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokhrel in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଖେରଲ | epakherala | - |
| Pokhrel in the Marathi language | ||
| पोखरेल | pokharela | 88.89 |
| पोरखेल | porakhela | 11.11 |
| Pokhrel in the Hindi language | ||
| पोखरेल | pokharela | 86.67 |
| पोख्रेल | pokhrela | 11.11 |
| पोखरल | pokharala | 2.22 |
| Pokhrel in the Tibetan language | ||
| པོག་རེལ། | pokrel | 82.35 |
| པོག་རལ། | pokral | 7.84 |
| པོགས་རལ། | pokral | 2.94 |
| པོག་རིལ། | pokril | 0.98 |
| པོཀ་རེལ། | pokarel | 0.49 |
| ཤར་མ། | sharma | 0.49 |
| པོ་རལ། | poral | 0.49 |
| ཕོག་རེལ། | pokrel | 0.49 |
| པོག་རེལ་། | pokrel | 0.49 |
| པའོ་དྲེལ། | paodrel | 0.49 |
| པོཁ་རེལ། | pokharel | 0.49 |
| ཕོག་རལ། | pokral | 0.49 |
| པོག་རེ་ལེ། | pokrélé | 0.49 |
| པོཁ་རེལ | pokharel | 0.49 |
| པོངག་རེལ། | pongakrel | 0.49 |
| པོག་རུལ། | pokrul | 0.49 |
| Pokhrel in the Russian language | ||
| Похрел | pohrel | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Pokhrel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis