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Prabhakar Surname Meaning

Indian (southern states): from a personal name based on Sanskrit prabhākara ‘light maker’ (from prabhā ‘light’ + -kara ‘causing’) an epithet of the sun.

— Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

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


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