Facts about Memeon

Memon (Gujarati: મેમણ; Sindhi: ميمڻ; Hindi: मेमन; Urdu: میمن) a minority social group primarily connected with the Indian sub-continent trace their roots largely to Sindh, Kutch and Kathiawar.[1] They adhere to Hanafi Sunni Islam. Many Memon are businesspeople and entrepreneurs. They share a common tongue, which is a mixture of Sindhi and Kutchi. Many belong to the local and well-organized societies called "Jamat" (which literally means congregation), for the social welfare of their brethren. They have built vast business legacies and most Memons around the world belong to the middle-upper class.
Memon community may be divided into three main groups. Those who traced their ancestors from Kutch region are identified as Kutchi Memon and they speak Kutchi dialects. Those who traced their ancestry to Kathiawar are identified as simply Memon or Kathiawadi Memons or Hali Memons and they speak Memoni. Those Memon who remained in Sindh (their ancestor never migrated to neighboring regions such as Kutch and Kathiawar) are identified as Sindhi Memon and speak Sindhi language.
Many Memon, especially Kathiawadi Memon, further distinguished themselves into various sub-groups which generally refer to their ancestral villages or towns such as Bantva Memons, Jutpur Memons and Deeplai Memon. It is estimated that the number of Kathiawadi Memon, other than Kutchi and Sindhi Memon, worldwide are over one million