Lohani () or Lohumi(Hindi :लोहुमी) is a surname found predominantly among ucch kuleen Kanyakubja Brahmins of Kumaon region in Uttarakhand, India .It derives it name from the village of Lohana in Almora district, Uttarakhand, India.
Originally Pandey Brahmins of Kannauj and Upadhyay Brahmins of Banda in Uttar Pradesh, India, they migrated to the hills of Uttarakhand in the 15th and 16th-centuries and settled in Lohana village. Later some members of the community also migrated to Nepal.
Notable people with the name include: Ashwani Lohani (born 1958), Indian bureaucrat, former CEO of Air India, former Railway Board chairman of India; hails from Almora district, Uttarakhand, India. Vinayak Lohani, Indian social worker, founder of Parivaar, a humanitarian institution based in West Bengal, India; his family roots are from Almora district, Uttarakhand, India.
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