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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Bania) and Jain name from Sanskrit mangala ‘auspicious’. The Agarwal Banias have a clan called Mangal.
  • Name found among people of Indian origin in Guyana and Trinidad : from the Indian personal name Mangal, also from Sanskrit mangala ‘auspicious’.

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