Pätel
surname · Latin script
Pätel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. In the United Kingdom it is the 58th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).
- USUnited States1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
- GDGrenada1 in 2.4K
- KNSt. Kitts & Nevis1 in 4.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pätel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- #307 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 585 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
280,711 people
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Patel in US United States, IN India, GB United Kingdom.
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 across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Pätel is found
(measured from records)Pätel 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 | #167 | 280,711 | 1 in 4.7K | 281K | Patel | 338 |
| US United States | #125 | 229,973 | 1 in 1.4K | 309K | Patel | 585 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,662 | 1 in 23K | 1.2K | — | 6 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,048 | 1 in 48K | 1K | — | 68 |
| BR Brazil | — | 892 | 1 in 237K | 892 | — | 1 |
| FI Finland | — | 547 | 1 in 10K | 547 | — | 24 |
| GD Grenada | — | 47 | 1 in 2.4K | 47 | — | 5 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 13 | 1 in 4.1K | 13 | — | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | #58 | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 11M | 137K | Patel | 348 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. 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
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pätel 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].
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Pätel?
- In India, the national register counted about 281 thousand people named Pätel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled patel. After it come United States, Poland, Spain and Brazil; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Where is Pätel most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pätel is densest in the United States — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Pätel?
- In India, the national register counted 280,711 people named Pätel, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Pätel compared with other names?
- In India, Pätel is the 167th 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, “Pätel” — the 167th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.