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Most common surname in India
People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database
Bohara: This surnames spread likely shows how families moved around over history. Things like wars or the search for better jobs and religious freedom probably caused them to settle in new places. The name itself might have changed a bit as they moved, reflecting local languages.
The surname Bohara strongly connects to the Bohra community, a group within the larger Ismaili Shia Muslim population.
from iMeUsWe Database
Rajasthan
1,367
Maharashtra
228
Punjab
180
Madhya Pradesh
117
Uttar Pradesh
107
Tamil Nadu
106
Delhi
78
Bihar
59
Andhra Pradesh
15
Jharkhand
9
from iMeUsWe Database
People with the surname BOHARA appear across 4 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.
1,479 (66%)
Voters List
389 (17%)
Food Distribution Records
384 (17%)
Farmer Beneficiary Records
1 (0.0%)
Investor & Taxpayer Records
BOHARA families worship YUMA SAMMANG as their Kuldevta (family deity).
Rajasthan has the highest concentration of the BOHARA surname with 1,367 records (60.3%).
BOHARA is ranked #11663 in India with approximately 1,741 people bearing this surname.
The BOHARA surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Rajasthan (60.3%), Maharashtra (10.1%), Punjab (7.9%).