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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Goa) : Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit pati ‘lord’. It is found among the Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmans, who were originally from Goa but are now found in larger numbers in coastal Karnataka.
  • Korean : variant of Pae.

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