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Dhaliwal Surname 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


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