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Patel (Gujarati પટેલ, paṭel, /pəʈel/) is an Indian title meaning "farmer" or "village head." The surname is the second most common surname in India, following Singh. The Patel surname is found in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh.
Ethnicity
The surname Patel is a title, therefore it does not reflect any particular ancestry. It is used by many groups.
Some are Jats. There are also Gujjar or Khawaja Patels. Migrant Jats arrived from Central and North India. They settled mainly in the districts of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Gandhi Nagar, Banas Kantha, Sabar Kantha, Mehsana, and Kutch.
Kurmi Kshatriyas with the surname are found in Surat, Gujarat.
A significant Rajput population lives mostly in and around the former Princely State of Baroda.
The surname is also found among Parsis, mainly from the Kutch, and Mumbai.
The rest, and most, with the surnames are native Gujaratis..
In Maharashtra Patel has been modified to Patil.
Distribution of the name "Patel"
Patel is the most common non-Anglo-Celtic surname in Great Britain. According to the UCL surname profiler, Patel is the 40th most frequent surname for Britons and the only non Anglo name in the top 100 British surnames. This surname has a frequency of 2161 per million British citizens (0.21%).
The According to The UCL surname profiler name Patel is rarer in other Anglophone countries . In New Zealand there are 1160 Patels per million inhabitants, the rate for Australia is 82 per million, the rate for Canada is 542 per million and the rate for the USA is 441 per million. Contrastingly the name Patel is very common in Fiji mainly those who are of Indian decent. They form a large part of the Gujarati community in Fiji and have been there for more than six generations.
Patel-owned motels
It is estimated that over 60% of motels and hotels in the US are owned by Indians, of that one-third have the surname Patel.
Notable Patels
- A list of Patels with their own article on Misplaced Pages
- A.D. Patel - Famous Fiji Indian politician; Fought for rights of Indians of Fiji in Colonial Era
- Amisha Patel-Bollywood actress
- Brijesh Patel - Cricketer
- Chandubhai Patel - Social activist
- Dipak Patel - New Zealand cricketer
- Jayant Patel - Australian-Indian surgeon; nicknamed "Doctor Death" by the Press
- Jemish Patel - TV Host / Anchor / Presenter
- Jeetan Patel - New Zealand cricketer
- Kalpesh Patel - Kenyan cricketer
- Kamal Patel - Politician
- Karsanbhai Patel - Industrialist, founder of the Nirma group
- Kumar Patel - Inventor of the carbon dioxide laser
- Munaf Patel- Indian Cricketer
- Nikki Patel- Actress
- Pannalal Patel - Famous author
- Parthiv Patel - Indian Cricketer
- Rashid Patel - Indian Cricketer
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - The "Iron man" of India. Involved in Indian independence movement.
- Satyam Patel - Gandhian social worker, Indian freedom fighter, Maha Gujarat student activist.
- Upen Patel - Bollywood actor and model
- Vimla Patel- is a Fijian-born Canadian cognitive psychologist and biomedical informaticist.
- Vithalbhai Patel - The elder brother of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Indian nation
See also
References
- ^ Desai, V.P. Bharat ke Chaudhary.
- Mahaveer Singh Verma: Jat Veer Smarika 1992 – “Jat Samaj Ahmedabad”
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Lloyd, David (2006-02-12). "Surname" (HTML).
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