Mangal Family History
Mangal Name Meaning
Indian (northern states): Bania and Jain name from Sanskrit mangala ‘auspicious’. The Agarwal Banias have a clan called Mangal. This surname is also established in Guyana Suriname and the West Indies. Afghan and Pakistani: ethnic name denoting membership of the Mangal tribe a Pashtun people living mainly in Afghanistan.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022