Baral

Baral is a surname found in people from Nepal, Bhutan, India, and individuals of Persian ancestry.

There are over 100,000 Nepalese Barals who mainly Khas people constitute of the over 80% Brahmin 15% Chhetri and 5% magar castes in Nepal.

The surname Baral is found predominantly in India in individuals from Orissa and Bengal. Many Barals are also found in Israel, Europe, USA and in Latin America. The vast majority of non-South Asian Barals are of Persian ancestry.

There is no tangible historical evidence as to the place of origin of the Indian , Persian and Magar Barals or how such diverse groups of people came to share the same surname. It has been speculated that the Indian and Persian Barals may share a common ancestry somewhere along the line, although it is not clear whether the Indians are Persian descendants or vice versa, thereby making any assumption intangible.

There is also a separate group of Jewish Barals with a name potentially derived from the Israeli Bar-el. Barals tend to represent Ashkenazi Jews and were predominantly from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

Baral of Nepal

Baral is the surname of Khas Brahmin people of Nepal. Baral of Nepal belongs to Aryan race who have Persian ancestry. The are believed to be offsprings of sage Ghritakaushik which is also their gotras.

Origin of Baral of Nepal

Before origin of surname Baral, Baral used to write their surname as Pandit or Upadhyaya . During the regime of 'Malla' King around 12th century in Khas Empire (present western Nepal) Pandit Jayabidyadhar was an advisor to the royal throne and administrator of Empire. In Khas empire there was tradition of honoring the people who dedicated their life for welfare of nation by providing them ownership rights of certain regions of Empire. Also they used to be called by name of that region. This system was known as 'Birtabarichalan' or 'Birtapratha'. Following the tradition on 5th Magh, 1192 Bikram sambat (Nepalese Year) Malla king 'Akshay' Son of King 'Jitaridev' honored 2nd son of Bhagavan Bhaskar Pandit (Royal Priest) 'Jayabidyadhar Pandit' by providing him ownership of 3 different parts of empire named 'Nepa','Khaan', Barala (now lies in Western Nepal) as he dedicated his life for political and economic development empire and settling the trade dispute with Tibet. These 3 different regions were divided among sons of Jayabidyadhar Pandit where ownership of "Barala" was granted to 3rd son Jayadhar Baral. (Jayatu Pandit).Barala (name of region) was added to suffix aalaya (barala+aalaya) and then Baral surname was introduced which was firstly used by 'Jayadhar (Jayatu) Baral' and followed by his generations.

• Binita Baral, Nepali actress that starred in Chapali Height
• Krishnahari Baral is a Nepali lyricist, songwriter, poet, literary critic, and author who is professor of Nepali at Central Department of Nepali, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu.
• Mohan baral,actor from pokhara,kaseri.
• Rupak Baral ,

physicist from Pokhara-25.

India

• Raichand Boral, Indian composer, considered by music conoisseurs to be the father of Bollywood film music
• Babul Supriya Baral, Indian singer and politician

Bangladesh

• Akshay Kumar Baral - aka Akkhoykumar Boral, Bengali poet and writer

United States

• Jim Baral - renowned dermatologist and co-discovered of Reye's Syndrome