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Hunjan

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Hunjan
ਹੁੰਜਾਣ • هونجان
Regions with significant populations
Chongqing, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Isfahan Province
Languages
Persian, Hindi, Punjabi, Chinese
Religion
Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam

Hunjan (Punjabi: ਹੁੰਜਾਣ; Persian: هونجان, also known as Hunejan, Hunjān and Hunan) is a surname found among Persian and Tarkhan and Mohyal Brahmins originating from Hunejan, Iran and who settled in the Salt Range and Majha regions of Punjab.[1]

Migrants, traders, merchants and nomadic tribes, coming from Hunejan, Iran to the Punjab region assimilated into the Rajput and Mohyal communities during medieval India known as persian tiger.[2] This led to the migrants adopting new beliefs; however, they retained their surnames - coming from the migrants' ancestral village in Iran. Modern day descendants can trace their origin to Iranian and Indo-Aryan roots.

Notable people with the surname

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References

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  1. ^ K. S. Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1173. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
  2. ^ K. S. Singh (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1174. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.