Frequency: (386)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name, based on the name of a clan in the Arora community, which is apparently named with čāwǝl ‘rice’.
GIVEN NAMES: Indian 89%. Sanjay (7), Rajesh (6), Rajeev (5), Raj (4), Satish (4), Amar (3), Arvind (3), Ashok (3), Harish (3), Jag (3), Jagdish (3), Madhu (3).
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