Panchal
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Panchal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A kingdom in northwestern part of ancient India during the Mahajanapadas era.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 75K(inferred from the name graph)
- INIndia1 in 173K
- USUnited States1 in 188K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 267 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A kingdom in northwestern part of ancient India during the Mahajanapadas era.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Panchal 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 173K | — | Panchal | 9 |
| IN India | #561 | 7,656 | 1 in 173K | 7.7K | Panchal | 242 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Panchal | 6 |
| US United States | — | 1,766 | 1 in 188K | 3.1K | Panchal | 267 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 75K | 1.3K | Panchal | 119 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Panchal | 77 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Panchal | 18 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 64K | listed | — | 3 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 1 | 1 in 54K | 1 | — | — |
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); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jaikishanb. 1929INnot in their usual nameIndian music composer known for work as part of duo Shankar–Jaikishan
- Dansukh Panchalb. 1955CAbadminton player
- Mona Panchalb. 1957CAbadminton player
- Jennifer Panchalb. 1961CAbadminton player
- Heena Panchalb. 1990INIndian actress
- Ishita Panchalb. 1998INIndian Bollywood and television child actress
- Vishal Panchalb. 2000GBresearcher
- Rekha G Panchalresearcher
- Shweta PanchalUSresearcher
- Sunil K. Panchalresearcher
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 25 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 7.7K | #1,155 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3.7K | #271 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.1K | #9,927 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.8K | #16,315 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.3K | #5,227 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 815 | #27,771 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026 | 2026 | 1 | #181 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Panchal mean, and where does it come from?
- A kingdom in northwestern part of ancient India during the Mahajanapadas era. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Panchal have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.0 thousand people named Panchal in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled panchal.
- How common is the name Panchal?
- In India, the national register counted 7,656 people named Panchal, about 1 in 173 thousand residents.
- How common is Panchal compared with other names?
- In India, Panchal is the 561st 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, “Panchal” — the 561st most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.