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Dhaliwal Name Meaning

Indian (Punjab): said to be from Dhali- an altered form of an ancestral placename Dara(nagar) + the Hindi suffix -wāl ‘person (from)’. The Dhaliwals are a Jat tribe of Bhatti Rajputs.

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


Similar surnames: Dalal, Atwal, Dhawan, Chahal, Talwar, Walia, Khalsa, D'alia, Kalina

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Between 1963 and 2004, in the United States, Dhaliwal life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1972, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Dhaliwal in 1963 was 68, and 67 in 2004.

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