I don't know the lineage or history of any specific family names. However, two facts I know: - Many Parsis are named Metha and Patel - Fleeing from Persia, th

I don't know the lineage or history of any specific family names. However, two facts I know: - Many Parsis are named Metha and Patel - Fleeing from Persia, the first Parsis landed their ships and took refuge in Gujarath. Fun story (However, I don't know if it is factual): Fleeing from Persia, their ships actually landed in many places but were not welcome. Finally, they landed in Gujarath, and the king of the land was kind and spoke with them, but rejected their plea for refuge. The story goes: The king brought out a bowl filled to the brim with milk. A bowl so full it was impossible to fit another drop of milk. He said to the Persian refuges, "this is my kingdom, I'm sorry but as you can see, we will not be able to fit you". And the first Parsis understood, but asked the king, "can we have a spoon of sugar?". The king a bit confused, provided them a spoon of sugar. And they said, "We understand your kingdom is full. We do not want to take any of your room ..." They then very slowly (I imagine painstakingly) sprinkled the sugar into the bowl of milk. Emptying the spoon, and spilling no milk. "... We only want to help make your kingdom sweeter". As they say, the rest is history.