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Nainggolan
Toba · Toba Highlands
A Toba marga with documented submarga including Batuara, Buaton, Hutabalian, Lumbannahor, Lumbanraja, Lumbansiantar, and 4 more.
About Marga Nainggolan
The Nainggolan family is part of the Toba kinship world. In Batak tradition, your marga is more than a surname — it is a key to tarombo, marriage custom, and belonging.
Note: Names like Simalungun, Toba, Karo, Mandailing, Angkola, and Pakpak are Batak ethnic groups, not marga. Your marga is the clan name (for example Damanik or Sinaga under Simalungun).
Submarga
Documented submarga of Nainggolan:
Tarombo notes
- 01 Lineage is typically traced through the father (patrilineal marga system).
- 02 Marriage within the same marga is traditionally forbidden by adat.
- 03 Women keep their birth marga and are often identified as boru Nainggolan.