Place name suffix. Ganj: A common suffix/prefix meaning market place or "neighbourhood" in Hindi, Bengali and Urdu, used in names of neighbourhoods and towns in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Some examples of place names which include the -ganj suffix are: ... Debiganj, Panchagarh, Bangladesh.
The Patel surname is most commonly of Indian origin. It comes from the Gujarati language, an Indo-European language spoken in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The Hindu name originally translated as "headman" or "village chief." ... Patel can also be a nickname meaning "little head."
