Family name origins & meanings
- Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan) : Hindu (Bania, Vania) and Jain name meaning ‘storekeeper’ in Gujarati, from kọtha ‘granary’, ‘store’ (Sanskrit kọṣthaka). Several Bania communities have clans called Kothari.
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