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Other well - known Jain surnames are Bajaj , Dalmaia , Geonka , Birl , and Jain . The Kerala Malayali Brahmans use the surname Nambutri , while Malayali Nayars have such surnames as Nair and Menon . Bengali names , which end with the ...
- ↑ Sharma, D. D. (2005). Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: (an Historical, Socio-cultural & Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names. Mittal Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-81-8324-078-9.
...In punjab there are a number of surnames / subcastes such as Bedi , Bajaj , Sūri , Maini , Aroṛā , Kohli , Sāhni among the (Khatri)..
- ↑ Patrick, Hanks (January 2006). "Bajaj". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03.
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