The surname Panchal
A surname, carried by 1,766 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P524
Origin
From Sanskrit पञ्चाल (pañcāla), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) with a *-l- extension, referring to the five smaller polities which united to form the ancient kingdom. See Pañcāla for more.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,766 people named Panchal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. That is up 117% since 2000, when the Census counted 815.
Who is named Panchal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Panchal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Panchal
Panchal has the Soundex code P524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P524.
Questions
- Where does the surname Panchal come from?
- From Sanskrit पञ्चाल (pañcāla), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) with a *-l- extension, referring to the five smaller polities which united to form the ancient kingdom. See Pañcāla for more.
- How common is the surname Panchal?
- 1,766 people in the United States had the surname Panchal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. It ranked 16,315th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Panchal?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Panchal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Panchal getting more or less common?
- More common. 815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,766 in 2010, up 117%.