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Dahal Surname Meaning

Nepali and Indian: name found among Bahuns (i.e. hill Brahmins of the Indo-Aryan Pahari people) in Nepal and Gorkhas in India.

A habitational name for someone from a place called Daha.

The placename literally means ‘lake’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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