Powdyel Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Powdyel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 72 | 1:8,556 | 332 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Powdyel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Powdyel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Powdyel (Tibetan: པའོ་དྲེལ།) is carried by more people in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Powdyel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Powdyel is the 2,152,526th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. Powdyel is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Powdyel live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia.
The surname Powdyel is most prevalent in Bhutan, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 8,556. In Bhutan it is most prevalent in: Samtse District, where 67 percent reside and Dagana District, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Bhutan this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Powdyel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Powdyel in the Tibetan language | ||
| པའོ་དྲེལ། | paodrel | 34.78 |
| པའུ་གྲེལ། | pa'udrel | 23.91 |
| པའུ་རལ། | pa'ural | 13.04 |
| པའུ་དྲེལ། | pa'udrel | 10.87 |
| པོའུ་དྲེལ། | po'udrel | 6.52 |
| པའུ་གྲལ། | pa'udral | 6.52 |
| པོའུ་རལ། | po'ural | 2.17 |
| པའུ་དྲེཡ། | pa'udreya | 2.17 |
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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 Powdyel
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