Patèl
surname · Latin script
Patèl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 768(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 769
- CACanada≈1 in 1.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- #151 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 493 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 768 (inferred from the name graph)
280,711 people
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Patel in IN India, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 4 more and Patela in AU Australia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Gujaratiપટેલpaṭel“village headman”(measured from records)
- Sanskritपट्टकिलpaṭṭakila(measured from records)
Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).
Cited for this meaning 2
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Patèl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #27 | 280,711 | 1 in 4.7K | 281K | Patel | 346 |
| US United States | #635 | 229,973 | 1 in 1.4K | 309K | Patel | 493 |
| GB United Kingdom | #210 | ≈86,000 est. | ≈1 in 768 | 137K | Patel | 292 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Patel | 44 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Patel | 59 |
| CA Canada | #397 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Patel | 211 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Patela | 10 |
| NZ New Zealand | #107 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 769 | — | Patel | 109 |
280,711 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Patèl mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila). Recorded by Wiktionary and Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Patèl have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 281 thousand people named Patèl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled patel.
- How common is the name Patèl?
- In India, the national register counted 280,711 people named Patèl, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Patèl compared with other names?
- In India, Patèl is the 27th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Patèl” — the 27th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.