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Vohra Surname Meaning

Indian (Punjab): Khatri and Sikh name of uncertain origin. It is popularly thought to derive from Sanskrit vyūha ‘battle array’.

Muslim (Pakistan and India): apparently an occupational name from Urdu bohora ‘merchant’.

In India it is found in Gujarat where it is a cognate of Vahora.

Compare Borah.

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


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