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Hooda

Hooda is a surname and clan name used by Jats in northern India, with its strongest association in the Indian state of Haryana. Hooda families are historically linked to agrarian communities and local leadership, and surnames bearing Hooda are found in districts such as Rohtak, Rewari, Jind, and Hisar.

The etymology of Hooda is not definitively documented in widely cited sources. It functions as a gotra

In contemporary public life, people bearing the Hooda name appear in politics, film, and other professions,

Notable individuals with the Hooda surname include Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 1947), a Congress politician who

or
lineage
identifier
within
the
Jat
social
system
and
is
commonly
passed
from
father
to
son
as
a
surname.
particularly
in
Haryana
and
the
national
sphere.
served
as
Chief
Minister
of
Haryana
from
2005
to
2014;
his
son
Deepender
Singh
Hooda
(born
1978),
a
Member
of
Parliament
from
Rohtak;
and
actor
Randeep
Hooda
(born
1976).