Patel Family History
Patel Name Meaning
Indian (Gujarat Maharashtra Karnataka): status name meaning ‘village headman’ pəṭel in Gujarati and Marathi paṭēla in Kannada. It comes ultimately from Sanskrit paṭṭakila ‘tenant of royal land’. It is the most common surname among Indians immigrants to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022