Patel

309,327 people in the United States were counted with the surname Patel in the 2020 census, making it the 63rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 966.

By the numbers

People: 309,327
Rank: 63rd
How common: 1 in 966
Per 100,000: 103.5

Where the name comes from

Origin Gujarati

from pra 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮, from Sanskrit पट्टकिल.

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

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 93.8%
White, not Hispanic 3.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Hispanic or Latino 0.5%

Notable people called Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950)Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India
Dev Patel (born 1990)British actor
Priti Patel (born 1972)British politician
Ameesha Patel (born 1976)Indian actress
Kash Patel (born 1980)Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anandiben Patel (born 1941)20th Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Himesh Patel (born 1990)British actor
Axar Patel (born 1994)Indian cricketer

People named Patel with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Patel

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.