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- ↑ Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. p. 263. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.
- ↑ Hanks, P.; Coates, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod (2014). Rowman & Littlefield, p182, ISBN 978-1-4422-3600-4
- ↑ Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 498. ISBN 9780199771691.
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