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Panjwani Name Meaning

Indian and Pakistani: Sindhi name from the ancestral personal name Panju which appears to be a shortened form of a name probably based on Sanskrit pañča ‘five’ + the suffix -ani ‘descendant of’ (see Ani ).

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


Similar surnames: Vaswani, Wadhwani, Ganesan, Hannan, Awan, Hanan, Anwar, Hanavan

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Between 1987 and 2004, in the United States, Panjwani life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2004, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Panjwani in 1987 was 67, and 42 in 2004.

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