Question: is mehta a punjabi surname?
Answer: Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Panjab, and Bombay city): Hindu (Bania, Vania, Brahman, Khatri), Jain, Parsi, and Sikh name meaning 'chief' in several modern Indian languages, from Sanskrit mahita 'praised', 'great' (from mah- 'to praise or magnify').