Powdel Surname
Approximately 852 people bear this surname
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Poudel (Nepali: पौडेल, pauḍel) is a surname, alternative spellings of which include Paudel, Powdyel, Powdel, Poudal, Poudyal and Paudyal. Paudel belongs to the purbiya brahmin and khatri caste and Atreya gotra, which means that the ancestors of poudel are atreyas i.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 594 | 1:1,291,356 | 50,777 |
| Bhutan | 255 | 1:2,416 | 173 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Powdel Surname Meaning
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Poudel (Nepali: पौडेल, pauḍel) is a surname, alternative spellings of which include Paudel, Powdyel, Powdel, Poudal, Poudyal and Paudyal. Paudel belongs to the purbiya brahmin and khatri caste and Atreya gotra, which means that the ancestors of poudel are atreyas i.e. Atreya Rishi. Most of the people with surname Poudel are from Nepal. Meaning of Poudel is 'intelligence'.
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Where Does The Last Name Powdel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Powdel (Marathi: पौडॅल, Tibetan: པའུ་དྲེལ།) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Powdel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 409,925th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 8,553,458 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Powdel live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 594 people, or 1 in 1,291,356. In India it is most numerous in: Assam, where 76 percent reside, Meghalaya, where 14 percent reside and West Bengal, where 4 percent reside. Barring India it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 30 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Powdel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Powdel in the Marathi language | ||
| पौडॅल | paudela | - |
| Powdel in the Tibetan language | ||
| པའུ་དྲེལ། | pa'udrel | 30.28 |
| པའུ་རེལ། | pa'urel | 16.2 |
| པའོ་དྲེལ། | paodrel | 9.86 |
| པའུ་གྲེལ། | pa'udrel | 9.86 |
| པའོ་དྲེལ་ | paodrel | 8.45 |
| པའུ་གྲལ། | pa'udral | 6.34 |
| པོག་གྲེལ། | pokdrel | 3.52 |
| པའོ་རེལ། | paorel | 2.82 |
| པོག་གྲལ། | pokdral | 2.82 |
| པའུ་དེལ། | pa'udel | 2.11 |
| པོག་རལ་ | pokral | 1.41 |
| སྤའུ་རེལ། | pa'urel | 1.41 |
| མ་ཡ་ | maya | 1.41 |
| བྷ་དུར་ | bhadur | 0.7 |
| པའུ་དྲེན། | pa'udren | 0.7 |
| རའུ་དྲེལ། | ra'udrel | 0.7 |
| པའུ་ལེ། | pa'ulé | 0.7 |
| པེག་གྲེལ། | pekdrel | 0.7 |
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