Pokrel Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Pokrel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokrel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3881:1,976,97368,062
Bhutan1311:4,703255
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pokrel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pokrel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pokrel (Tibetan: པོག་རེལ།) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokrel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pokrel is the 592,650th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pokrel are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

Pokrel is most numerous in India, where it is held by 388 people, or 1 in 1,976,973. In India it is most common in: Assam, where 94 percent live, Sikkim, where 4 percent live and Meghalaya, where 1 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 25 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokhrel9259,792/
Phokrel9238/
Pookrel921/
Pokkrel921/
Pokcrel921/
Pohkrel921/
Poukhrel8610/
Pokhrrel8610/
Pokkhrel867/
Pokhrehl861/
Pohkhrel861/
Pokhhrel861/
Pockrell861/
Phokrell861/
Pokhrell861/
Pakrel8369/
Pukrel8334/
Pokril834/
Pekrel832/
Pokhrl832/
Pakhrel77125/
Pakırel7775/
Pukhrel7766/
Pekruel776/
Pokhril774/
Pekhrel771/
Paukhrel7184/
Peekrell710/
Paukhrrel671/
Phakrl671/
Pakhril622/
Pucrell622/
Pekrill621/
Pascrell5738/
Peckrill576/
Pasqurell5322/

Pokrel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokrel in the Tibetan language
པོག་རེལ།pokrel79.37
པོག་དྲལ།pokdral12.7
པོགས་རལ།pokral6.35
པོཀ་རལ།pokaral1.59

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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
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  • 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 Pokrel
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