Ghelani
Ghelani is an Indian family surname from the Kathiawad, Gujarat area of India. Formally, all members of the Ghelani family are Hindu Leuva Patel, and some are Jain, although some have since chosen other religious beliefs. The Ghelani surname came from the name of an ancestor, Ghela.ambe mata and Kali Mata serves as the family goddess. The Ghelani family were originally settled in bagasra, vakiya, dalkhaniya, khambha, a village near Barvala, where they worked as subsistence farmers.
Today, members of the Ghelani family have moved to rajkot Surat, Mumbai, Kolkata, UAE, United States, UK as well as South Africa and Canada. As family members have moved away from their original birthplaces and heritage, they have also found various other occupations, such as diamond cutting, construction, medicine, teaching and finance.