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Hanspal Surname Meaning

Hindu and Sikh name denoting a gooseherd from Sanskrit hamsa ‘goose’ + pāla ‘caretaker protector’.

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


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