How common is the surname Patil?

2,790 people in the United States had the surname Patil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,661 Americans. It ranked 11,318th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Patil?

Patil is /pəˈtɪl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Patil getting more or less common?

More common. 1,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,790 in 2010, up 101%.

Is Patil also a first name?

Yes. Patil is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Patil

A Marathi surname, carried by 2,790 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pəˈtɪl/ 2 syllables Soundex P340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Patil is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Marathi origin

Borrowed from Marathi पाटील (pāṭīl, “village head”) or through Kannada ಪಾಟೀಲ (pāṭīla, “village head”), from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘘𑘺𑘩 (paṭaila), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (paṭṭaïlla), from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila). Doublet of Patel.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,790 people named Patil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,661 Americans. That is up 101% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,388.

#11,318

rank among US surnames

2,790

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+101%

change since 2000 (was #18,389)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,312	Foerster	2,792	110,582
#11,317	Cambron	2,791	110,622
#11,318	Patil	2,790	110,661
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820

Who is named Patil

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Patil identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Patil

Patil has the Soundex code P340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P340.

Questions

Where does the surname Patil come from?: Borrowed from Marathi पाटील (pāṭīl, “village head”) or through Kannada ಪಾಟೀಲ (pāṭīla, “village head”), from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘘𑘺𑘩 (paṭaila), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (paṭṭaïlla), from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila). Doublet of Patel.
How common is the surname Patil?: 2,790 people in the United States had the surname Patil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,661 Americans. It ranked 11,318th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Patil?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Patil identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Patil?: Patil is /pəˈtɪl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Patil getting more or less common?: More common. 1,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,790 in 2010, up 101%.
Is Patil also a first name?: Yes. Patil is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.