Definitions for Patel
pa·tel

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1. Patelnoun

   of Indian origin (Hindu and Parsi) from a Gujarati word meaning village headsman.

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1. Patel

   The Patel is an Indian surname or title, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat representing the community of land-owning farmers and later (with the British East India Company) businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants. Traditionally the title is a status name referring to the village chieftains during medieval times, and was later retained as successive generations stemmed out into communities of landowners, including Patidars, Kolis, Kurmis, some Parsis and Muslims. There are roughly 500,000 Patels outside India, including about 150,000 in the United Kingdom and about 150,000 in the United States. Nearly 1 in 10 people of Indian origin in the US is a Patel.

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1. Patel

   Patel is a surname of Indian origin mainly used by Hindus and other groups whose ancestors were traditionally landlords.

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1. PATEL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Patel is ranked #95 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Patel surname appeared 229,973 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 78 would have the surname Patel.
   
   94.7% or 217,968 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.1% or 4,829 total occurrences were White.
   1.6% or 3,795 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 1,495 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 1,012 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.3% or 874 total occurrences were Black.

Anagrams for Patel »

1. petal

2. plate

3. pleat

4. tepal

5. leapt

6. lepta

7. pelta

8. palet

How to pronounce Patel?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Patel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Patel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Patel in a Sentence

1. Hasmukh Patel:

   The biggest thing that drove me to change was that [ Young is ] actively involved in [ Christopher Young ] daughter's visits. Christopher Young's trying to be a good father. Being a father Hasmukh Patel, and having lost a father, I don't want someone to go through life without a father.

2. Tim Bale:

   I think both Minister Boris Johnson and... Priti Patel and some other government MPs did misjudge the situation right from the start, but certainly, in as much as The Government's woken a few people up who perhaps didn't realize that Priti Patel has said this, that does make things a little bit more awkward for The Government than perhaps they were before.

3. Henry Sherrod:

   I think that there was no call, and that Mr. Patel was taken down because he was brown.

4. Corbin Blackwell:

   To start investing well, Trina Patel need to take care of the prerequisites.

5. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

   J P Andolan was bogus, Janlokpal movement was a drama, Patel agitation was a dirty game. The protestors leaders were found to be politicians and govt planted people only. This farmers protest is going in the same direction. Poor farmers are likely to feel cheated

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Patel
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patel
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Patel
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html