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Rai (Hindi: राय; Urdu: رائے; Bengali: রায়; Nepali: राई) [1] is a surname in use since historical times on the Indian subcontinent ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
According to BN Puri, Uppal is derived from the Sanskrit term "utpalarana" which means "one who leaps upon their enemies". Puri further mentions it to be a part of the Bunjahi and Sareen subcaste of Khatris.
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Pal was also a popular surname among the Parmar Rajput rulers of the Garhwal. [12] [13] Pal is a surname of the Thakuri people of Nepal. [14]: 22 Among Sikhs, Pal is often used as suffix to the given name or a middle name. [15] The rulers of Kullu held the surname Pal up to about the 15th century A.D., which they later changed to Singh. [16]
Ethnonymic surnames are surnames or bynames that originate from ethnonyms.They may originate from nicknames based on the descent of a person from a given ethnic group. Other reasons could be that a person came to a particular place from the area with different ethnic prevalence, from owing a property in such area, or had a considerable contact with persons or area of other ethnicity.
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