Surname Checker / Patel
How Common Is the Last Name Patel?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Patel today
254,632
Ranked #95 of 162,254 published surnames · 77.96 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 229,973 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
2.1%
Black
0.38%
Asian / Pacific Islander
94.78%
Hispanic
0.44%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.