Pokharel (Nepali: पोखरेल) or Pokhrel (Nepali: पोख्रेल) is a Nepali surname of Khas origin, and also prevalent in some regions of India mainly in Sikkim and few parts of Bhutan. The Pokhrel belong to the Khas ethnic group. ^[1]

• Aananda Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Aastha Pokharel, Nepali model
• Bal Krishna Pokharel, Nepali writer and historian
• Bidhyanath Pokhrel, Nepali poet and politician
• Bina Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Cool Pokhrel, Nepali singer
• Dibesh Pokharel, Nepali singer, known by his stage name Arthur Gunn
• Giriraj Mani Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Ishwar Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal, Indian police official and mountaineer
• Khadga Bahadur Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Laxmi Prasad Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Mariska Pokharel, Nepali actress
• Menuka Kumari Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Narayan Pokharel, Nepali Hindu preacher
• Pushpa Raj Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Ram Chandra Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Ramesh Pokhriyal, Indian politician
• Rishikesh Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Saigrace Pokharel, Nepali film maker
• Shankar Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Sugam Pokharel, Nepali singer
• Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet and playwright
• Sunil Pokharel, Nepali theater director
• Trilochan Pokhrel, Indian