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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Bania), Jain, and Sikh name, which appears to be related to Sanskrit vamša ‘lineage’, also meaning ‘bamboo’. The Agarwal Banias have a clan called Bansal (see Agarwal), as have the Ramgarhia Sikhs.

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