Parekh (Indian) is a surname similar to
Parikh
Parikh is a name found among Hindus of the Bania caste and also Jains. In means ''assayer'' in the Gujarati language and has its roots in the Sanskrit word for ''examiner''. Both the Oswal and Porwal communities of India have clans called ''Pare ...
. It is an Indian surname mainly used in the Hindu and Jains in the states of
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
and
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
. It is
Baniya
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The Bania (also spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania and Vanya) is a Vaishya community mainly found in Indian states of Gujarat, and Rajasthan, but they are also found in Madhya Pradesh. Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh ...
caste. It means
assayer in Gujarati, from the Sanskrit word pariksaka or 'examiner.' Also, Oswals and Porwal Banias have clans called Parekh.
Notable people bearing this name include:
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Asha Parekh
Asha Parekh (born 2 October 1942) is a retired Indian actress, film director, and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films throughout her career. She was the highest paid actress of her time and was one of the most successful ...
, Indian actress in the 1960 and 1970s
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Bhikhu Chotalal Parekh, Baron Parekh (born 1935), British-Indian political theorist and professor
*CeCe Parekh, fictional character in ''
New Girl
''New Girl'' is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Television for Fox that originally aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around a kooky teacher, Jessica Day ( Zoo ...
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Deepak Parekh
Deepak Parekh (born 18 October 1944) is an Indian businessman and the Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation, India's leading housing private development finance institution. It is based in Mumbai.
Education
Parekh completed his ...
(born 1944), Indian businessman
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Kal Parekh
Kal Parekh (Hindi: कल पारिख) is an Indian-American film and television actor best known for his starring role in the 2010 independent feature film, ''Karma Road'' and as Sanjeev, an Indian-American flight engineer in the ABC televi ...
, actor
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Ketan Parekh
Ketan Parekh is a former stockbroker from Mumbai, who was convicted in 2008 for involvement in the Indian stock market manipulation scam that occurred from late 1998 to 2001. During this period, Parekh artificially rigged prices of certain chos ...
, businessman
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Rauf Parekh
Rauf Parekh is an Urdu lexicographer, linguist, humorist and a Pakistani newspaper columnist.
Early life and career
Born in Karachi on August 26, 1958, Parekh was educated in Karachi. Having obtained MA and PhD degrees in Urdu from the Univer ...
, Urdu lexicographer, research scholar and columnist
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Rulan S. Parekh
Rulan S. Parekh is an American-Canadian clinician-scientist and nephrologist. She is the vice president of research, education and innovation at Women's College Hospital and former senior scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences and Associa ...
, American-Canadian nephrologist
References
* https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&lpg=RA2-PA51&dq=parekh%20surname%20origin&pg=RA2-PA51&output=embed
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