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Gosai Family History

Gosai Surname Meaning

Hindu (Brahman) from Sanskrit gosvāmī ‘lord of cows’ (Sanskrit go ‘cow’ + svāmī ‘lord’) i.e. ‘holy man’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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Between 1992 and 2003, in the United States, Gosai life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Gosai in 1992 was 74, and 67 in 2003.

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