Sohel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səhɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sohel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 85th most common given name.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 582(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 827as Sohail
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 4.2Kas Sohail
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 Sohel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 272 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 582 (inferred from the name graph)
≈280,000 named Sohail, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sohail in PK Pakistan, US United States, SA Saudi Arabia and 4 more.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sohel 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #85 | ≈280,000 est. | ≈1 in 827 | listed | Sohail | 144 |
| BD Bangladesh | #15 | ≈280,000 est. | ≈1 in 582 | 447 | Sohel | 118 |
| CN China | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 95K | — | Sohail | 10 |
| AF Afghanistan | #520 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Sohail | 23 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #290 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Sohail | 83 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #815 | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Sohail | 47 |
| US United States | — | 1,783as Sohail | 1 in 187K | 1.8K | Sohail | 272 |
| BH Bahrain | #103 | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Sohail | 16 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Bangladeshi name database containing surnames and first names categorized by gender and frequency.. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sohel Ranab. 1947BDBangladeshi actor
- Sohel Isawib. 1973ILIsraeli educator
- Sohel Islamb. 1977BDcricketer
- Sohel Hossainb. 1979BDcricketer
- Sohel Altan Golb. 1989DETurkish-German actor (born 1989)
- Sohel Ranab. 1995BDBangladeshi footballer
- Sohel RanaBDcricketer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 241 | #33,571 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5 | #33,571 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Sohel?
- A machine transcription gives /səhɛl/ (IPA) for Bangla.
- Is Sohel a male or female name?
- Sohel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Sohel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 282 thousand people named Sohail in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sohel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,783 people named Sohail in 2020, about 1 in 187 thousand residents.
- How common is Sohel compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Sohel is the 85th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sohel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sohelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sohel” — the 85th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.