Bhattarai

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Bhattarai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NPNepal≈1 in 808(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 35K
  • USUnited States1 in 259K

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.

Nepal (inferred from the name graph)

≈38,000 people, est.

Sources
154 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 808 (inferred from the name graph)

Nepal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bhattarai 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.

Where Bhattarai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NP Nepal—≈38,000 est.≈1 in 8083Bhattarai94
US United States—1,2841 in 259K4KBhattarai154
IN India—1,0601 in 1.3M1.1KBhattarai36
AE United Arab Emirates#712≈780 est.≈1 in 13K—Bhattarai29
AU Australia—≈730 est.≈1 in 35K1Bhattarai92
QA Qatar#368≈550 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Bhattarai13
FI Finland—2461 in 23K246Bhattarai7
BH Bahrain—≈81 est.≈1 in 19K—Bhattarai5

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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bhattarai is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Bhaṭṭarāī, Bhattaraî, Bhàttàrài, Bhättãrãį, Bhåttãrâî

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bhaṭṭarāī

  • Bangla surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, Bangladesh

    Also written ভট্টরাই

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, India

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Бхаттарай, Бхаттараи

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Bhattarai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204K#7,887
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.3K#20,627
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—1.1K#5,224
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—842#183
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—384#75
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—246#6,314
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000131#121,780
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—92#1,421
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—69#4,802
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—59#1,277
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—42—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—10#1,792

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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

In which country does Bhattarai have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 38 thousand people named Bhattarai in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bhattarai.
How common is the name Bhattarai?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,284 people named Bhattarai in 2010, about 1 in 259 thousand residents.
How common is Bhattarai compared with other names?
In Qatar, Bhattarai is the 368th most common surname of 15,902 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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bhattarai” — the 368th most common surname in Qatar. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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