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Pakpahan
Angkola / Toba · South Tapanuli · Toba Highlands
An Angkola / Toba lineage recorded as a submarga of Samosir.
About Marga Pakpahan
The Pakpahan family is part of the Angkola / 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 relationship
Pakpahan is recorded as a submarga of Samosir.
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 Pakpahan.
- 04 As a submarga of Samosir, kinship rules may follow the parent marga in local adat practice.