Surname malhotra belongs to which place?

Question

i have heard of many malhotras, but i dont know which place do they belong to, bhaya or punjabi?

Answer 1

This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name,

Malhotra Name Meaning and History

Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community. It is a modified form of Mehrotra, which is itself an extended form of Mehra (Panjabi méra ‘chief’, ‘master’). The founder of the Malhotra clan is said to have been called Mehr Chand.

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