Maan (surname)

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Maan
Jat clan
Ethnicity Punjab people
LocationBoth India and Pakistan
(Punjab region)
Language Punjabi & Haryanvi
Rare Urdu
Religion Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam
SurnamesMaan, Mann

Maan or Mann (Punjabi: مان (Shahmukhi); ਮਾਨ (Gurmukhi)) is an Indian surname used by the Jat people in the states of Punjab and Haryana. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Mann(Sikh Chiefs) who once ruled the Principality’s state of Mughalchak have a strategic marriage alliance with Aristocratic Family of Sukerchakia [7] [8]

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  6. Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN   0-19-563357-1. OCLC   35662663.
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