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They converted from Hinduism to Islam from the medieval period onwards, creating various dynasties and states while retaining Hindu surnames such as Chauhan. [2] [3] [4] Today, Muslim Rajputs can be found mostly in present-day Northern India and Pakistan. [5] They are further divided into different clans. [6]
However, as consistent with their Hindu tradition, they have adopted non-Indic traditions. This has led to a small sub-set of the Moyhal community paying reverence to Islam, most notably to the third Imam Hussain. [2] According to V. Upadhyaya [3] they were influenced by the Chisti Sufis.
Dhar is an Indian surname. It is commonly found among the Hindu Bengali Kayastha and Baniks including Subarnabanik community in Bengal region. [1] [2] [3] Dhar or Dar is also used by some Kashmiri and Punjabi-Kashmiri clans and communities [4] [5] [6] native to the Kashmir Valley and Punjab, and common today [4] among Kashmiri Hindus [7] and Kashmiri Muslims.
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.
Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 278 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The word "Bhat" (Sanskrit: भट्ट, IAST: Bhaṭṭa) means "scholar" in Sanskrit.[2] [3] While the original shortened rendition of "Bhatta" was "Bhat" or "Bhatt," [4] many of the Kashmiri Brahmin migrants to the Punjab region started spelling their surname as "Butt", which is the transliteration of the name when written using the Urdu/Persian alphabet (as opposed to Bhat when using the ...
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
Shah is a popular surname in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. [1]Shah (/ ʃ ɑː /; Persian: شاه, romanized: Šāh, pronounced , 'king') is a title given to the emperors, kings, princes and lords of Iran (historically known as Persia in the West). [2]