Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Muslim and Hindu name found in Gujarat, India, and among people from Sind, Pakistan, meaning ‘descended from Lal (or Lala)’ (the name of an ancestor).
2. Bangladeshi: name adopted by followers of the mystic philosophy of the Bengali poet and mystic Lalan (died 1890).
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 79%; Indian 8%. Amin (3), Sadrudin (3), Salim (3), Amirali (2), Anwar (2), Badruddin (2), Hadi (2), Inayat (2), Karim (2), Nawaz (2), Nizar (2), Saleem (2); Atul, Bhupat, Govind, Jayantilal, Manoj, Sunil.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
