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Re: Kohli surname

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 5:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kohli
They are found in the Punjab region of India. It is interesting that they are found in Switzerland.
One theory - just a theory not provben- the Romas could have carried this surname from India to various countries .
Other possibilities abound, but I cant think of any.

Re: Kohli surname

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 3:43AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: KOHLI
Sonny,
Thank you for the information. Other possibilities could be the small Jewish populations of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews who have mostly left India, or were assimilated.

Re: Kohli surname

Posted: 3 Apr 2014 11:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
There's another good explanation for the Indian heritage. The Kammacher family was a well known wealthy noble family of Europe with the surname spelled different ways depending on the country. Spellings include Von Kannacher Kammacher, Kannacker etc: The coat of arms shows the Prussian crown and scepter. They may have married into foreign elite families they came in contact with and had many servants. Members of such families who immigrated to the USA were normally disowned or disinherited which was a rare occurrence. The swiss spoke German so many members may have came from Germany too.

Re: Kohli surname

Posted: 30 May 2014 12:42AM GMT
Classification: Query
I am a Kohli and have traced my ancestry to Franz Kohli born in 1779 in Canton Bern, Switzerland. I had my father's DNA processed with Ancestry.com and it shows no signs of ethnicity from India. have test
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