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'''Patel''' is an [[Indian name|Indian surname]], 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 surname 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 [[Patidar]]s, [[Koli people|Kolis]], some [[Parsi]]s and [[Islam in India|Muslims]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/%E2%80%98Patel%E2%80%99-the-most-common-Indian-surname-Oxford/article16666859.ece|title='Patel', the most common Indian surname: Oxford|date=2016-11-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-02-15|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheikh |first1=Aziz |last2=Gatrad |first2=Abdul Rashid |author-link2=Abdul Rashid Gatrad |title=Caring for Muslim Patients |date=2000 |publisher=Radcliffe Medical Press Limited |location=Oxford |isbn=1-857-75372-0 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQwlR3tu3LYC&pg=PA57}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&q=Koli+Patel&pg=PA693|title=Gujarat|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788179911044|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|last=Rajghatta|first=Chidanand|date=4 June 2015|title=Global Gujaratis: Now in 129 nations|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/global-gujaratis-now-in-129-nations/articleshow/45748322.cms}}</ref>