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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan) : Hindu (Bania, Vania) and Jain name meaning ‘assayer’ in Gujarati, from Sanskrit parīḳsaka ‘examiner’. The Oswal and Porwal Banias have clans called Parekh.

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