Lamba (Surname/Gotra)

Lamba (लांबा) Surname - In Northwest India and Pakistan, notably the Punjab & Haryana region, Lamba is a Jat and Khatri (Suryavanshi) surname.

Lamba (लांबा) Gotra - from certain sources Lambas are Suryavanshi Jats and are suppose to be Luv - vanshis. Luv was elder son of Lord Ram and Lamba gotra started from Luv. According to Vishnu Purana, 88-200. Shloka says " Uttarkhosle Ranjanya Luvasya Cha Mahthman. Shravasti Lokhvikyatha" stating that the capital of Luv's Lampak Janpad or republic was Shravatsthi and suppose to have established Luvpur or Lahore. One group of this notable clan took to trading and became part of the Lamba Khatri-s (see above) of Punjab.This Lamba Vanshi (Clan- Gotra) Jats are found in great numbers in and around, Rajgardh, Bikaner , and they also have a few villages in the Jaipur area, Gotdha near Chirawai, Daulatpur in Rajasthan. Muzzafarnagar in (U.P.) Kabir Ka Nagla, Bijnor, Bisaat, Ratanpur, Himpur, Babhdharpur, Sherkot, in Badhanyu Bangla, Aaghol, SuniyaKhera in Uttar Pradesh.Hissar, Rohtak, Dharauli, Bhiwani , Bavanikhera, and in District Mahendragarh Bardha (Dhalanvas.), Palwal in Haryana. In the Delhi area the village of Kutubgarh belongs to the Lamba Jats