Panchal

Panchal is the 9,927th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,105 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 96,300.

By the numbers

People: 3,105
Rank: 9,927th
How common: 1 in 96,300
Per 100,000: 1.0

Where the name comes from

From Sanskrit पञ्चाल, from पञ्च (“five”) with a *-l- extension, referring to the five smaller polities which united to form the ancient kingdom. See Pañcāla for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Panchal described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 93.3%
White, not Hispanic 2.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.9%
Black, not Hispanic 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Surnames like Panchal

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.