INDIAN CAST LIST

LIST OF ALL INDIAN SURNAMES (CAST SYSTEM)

A
  • Aachrekar
  • Aargade
  • Aarella
  • Achari = Derived from Asari (Malayalam). Carpenters in profession.
  • Acharya = Priest & teacher.
  • Addagarla
  • Adiga = Priest from North Karnataka.
  • Agarkar
  • Agrawal or Agarwal or Aggarwal - Derived from Agarwala or 'a descendant from district Agroha', ancient name of Hissar city. Agroha had 18 districts - Garg, Mangal, Kucchal, Goyan, Goyal, Bansal, Kansal, Singhal, Jindal, Thingal, Airan, Dharan, Madhukul, Bindal, Mittal, Tayal, Bhandal, and Naagal. All these surnames are synonymous with Agarwals.
  • Ahluwalia or Walia -A descendant from Ahlu, a village near Lahore.
  • Ahuja - A descendant of Ahu.
  • Ajagaonkar
  • Akkineni
  • Akurdikar
  • Alluri
  • Aluru
  • Alla
  • Allu
  • Amladi
  • Anam
  • Aneja
  • Angajala
  • Anumula
  • Arora - A descendant from Aror, today's Rohri in Sind.
  • Arulanandom
  • Asam
  • Asrani
  • Asthana
  • Athwani
  • Awaghan
  • Azad
B
  • Badaskar
  • Badgujar
  • Bairaju
  • Bagga
  • Baghel
  • Bagul
  • Bajaj
  • Bakland
  • Balakrishnan
  • Bandaru
  • Bandyopadhyay or Bandopadhyay = A respected teacher.
  • Banerjee - Teacher from the village of Bandoghat.
  • Bansal
  • Bapat
  • Baranwal
  • Bardeskar
  • Bedi
  • Beria
  • Bhartia
  • Bhadauria
  • Bhagat
  • Bhalla
  • Bhandari or Bhandaaris
  • Bhardwaj
  • Bhat - Bhat/Butt = Priest or Scholar.
  • Bhattacharya = Priest & teacher.
  • Bhati
  • Bhatia
  • Bhathheja
  • Bhave
  • Bhupathiraju
  • Bidawat
  • Bika
  • Birdi
  • Bojanapati
  • Bollepalli
  • Boppana
  • Buddharaju
  • Budwal
  • Bulusu (Bouloussou)
  • Bodapati
C
  • Chacko
  • Chaki
  • Chakraborty or
  • Chakravarthy
  • Chakkarapani
  • Champati
  • Champatiray
  • Champawat
  • Chapaneri
  • Charan
  • Chennamsetty
  • Chalasani
  • Challa
  • Chakkalakkal or Chakalakal or Chakkalackal
  • Chandola
  • Chary
  • Chatterjee or
  • Chattopadhyay -A teacher from the Chatta village in Bengal.
  • Chaturvedi - One who has learned all the four vedas.
  • Chaudhari or Chaudhary
  • Chauhan
  • Chekuri
  • Chhapola
  • Chhikara
  • Chinthalapati
  • Chitraju
  • Chopra - Descendants of warrior Chaupat Rai.
  • Choudhury or Chowdhury
  • Chugh
  • Chundawat
D
  • Dahale
  • Das
  • Dash
  • Dasari
  • Dashmukhe
  • Date
  • Datla
  • Dave
  • Dayal
  • Deengar
  • Deora or Dewra
  • Desai
  • Deshmukh
  • Deshpande - District accountant / head of region.
  • Devulapalli
  • Dewangan
  • Dhaliwal
  • Dhawan = Messenger on the field of battle
  • Dhekale
  • Dhoke
  • Dhundhara
  • Dixit
  • Donepudi
  • Doshi
  • Dua
  • Dubashi = Person who knows two languages, a Translator.
  • Dubey
  • Duggireddy
  • Dumra
  • Dundu
  • Dutta - Drived from Aditya or Sun.
E
  • Ekapure
F
  • Falodiya
G
  • Gadiraju
  • Gajjar
  • Ganapatiraju
  • Gandhi = From Sanskrit gandha which means perfume, perfume seller. In Gujarati the word also means grocer or pharmacist.
  • Ganguly/Gangopadhyay
  • Garg
  • Gaudi
  • Gaur
  • Gautam
  • Gera
  • Ghadiyaram
  • Ghosh
  • Gilani
  • Gill = Lake/Moisture/Prosperity. Punjabi sikh origin.
  • Ginjupalli
  • Godavarthy
  • Gohil or Guhilot or Gahlot
  • Gokaraju
  • Gole
  • Gore
  • Gorde
  • Gounder
  • Govardhan
  • Gowarikar
  • Gowda - = Karnataka origin. Village headman.
  • Goyal or Goel
  • Grewal
  • Gujral
  • Guglani
  • Guha = Another name for Lord Kartikeya.
  • Guneta = People originally from Queta/Sind.
  • Gunnam
  • Gupta and Gupte - Ruler/Protector (today known as baniya / businessman).
  • Gurnani
H
  • Hada
  • Hakani
  • Hanchate
  • Hasija
  • Holkar
  • Hansda
  • Hegde
  • Hundal
I
  • Inda
  • Indukuri
  • Inampudi
  • Iyengar
  • Iragavarapu
  • Iyer - Derived from Tamil word Ayya which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word Arya which means Noble.
J
  • Jadon
  • Jadhav
  • Jain - Follower of Jainism. Which is derived from Jina (one who overcomes).
  • Jajodia
  • Jalgaonkar
  • Jamir
  • Jampana
  • Janaswamy
  • Jasti
  • Jeldi
  • Jha - Someone who recites from memory.
  • Jindal
  • Jodha
  • Johar = Sanskrit for Jewel.
  • Jonnakuti
  • Jonnalagadda
  • Joshi - Practioner of Jyotish or astrology.
  • Josula
  • Juneja
  • Jethani
K
  • Kakkar
- Strong.
  • Kakarala

  • Kadakia

  • Kadam

  • Kakulavaram
  • Kalavade
  • Kaldindi

  • Kale

  • Kamath

  • Kamboh

  • Kamboj

  • Kanagala
  • Kandhal
  • Kandula
  • Kanoongo

  • Kanduri

  • Kandpal

  • Kanumuri
  • Kantesaria

  • Kapadia

  • Kapoor or Kapur - 
 Descendants of Moon.
  • Karadwal

  • Karanth
  • Karnik

  • Karamsot
  • Katakam

  • Katari
  • Kataria
  • Katoch
  • Kaul = Means well-born. Derived from Sanskrit word Kula.
  • Kaur = Princess. Punjabi sikh origin.
  • Kayala
  • Keshri
  • Khandelwal
  • Khangarot
  • Khare
  • Khan = Turkish in origin. Means Chief/Ruler.
  • Khanduja
  • Khanna = Derived from Khanda (sword).
  • Khanolkar
  • Khatri = Punjabi version of Kshatriya (ruler). Khanna, Kapoor, Seth, Mehra, Malhotra, Chopra and Walia are all Khatris.
  • Khetarpal
  • Khokhani
  • Khosla
  • Kirtipati
  • Kocchar = Armour.
  • Kodali
  • Kodi
  • Kosaraju
  • Kottarathil
  • Kottieth
  • Koparde
  • Koya
  • Kulkarni
  • Kumar
  • Kunapuli
  • Kunala
  • Kuravi
  • Kurup
  • Kumpawat
  • Kunala
  • Kundra or Kunder
  • Kaligotla
L
  • Lal
  • Lally
M
  • Madala
  • Mahajan = Literally means big People.
  • Mahalingum
  • Maheshwari
  • Maingi
  • Makkad or Makkar (Punjabi)
  • Mandali
  • Manjrekar
  • Mallapur
  • Marathe
  • Maharaj
  • Mahecha
  • Malhan
  • Malik = Arabic word for King.
  • Malvade/Malwade
  • Manne
  • Manvatkar/Manwatkar
  • Mathure
  • Mittal
  • Meena
  • Mehta
  • Mehra/Mehrotra = Descendants of Mihr (Sun).
  • Menda
  • Menon = Of Kerala origin, Accountants.
  • Mevada
  • Mewada
  • Mhatre
  • Mikkilineni
  • Mishra/Misra - Mishra = Mixed or blended.
  • Mistry
  • Mittal
  • Modi
  • Motiani
  • Mukhopadhyay = Main Teacher.
N
  • Nagra
  • Nagrani
  • Naik
  • Nair, Nayar, Naik = Means leader, soldier. derived from Nayak.
  • Naithani
  • Nalamolu
  • Nalli
  • Nandigam
  • Naudiyal
  • Nalawade
  • Narula
  • Naskar
  • Nathawat
  • Nadella
  • Nehru = One who lives on the bank of a Nehr or canal.
  • Nelluri
  • Nishant
  • Olickal
  • Orethu
P
  • Padhi
  • Pagdala
  • Pai
  • Pakalomattam - പകലൊമററം in Malayalam script
  • Pal
  • Palande
  • Palani
  • Palepu
  • Palikriti
  • Paliwal
  • Panchal Luhar
  • Panda
  • Pande
  • Pandey
  • Pandher
  • Pandian
  • Pandit
  • Pandya
  • Panicker
  • Panigrahi
  • Pant
  • Paranjape
  • Parasher
  • Parekh
  • Parihar
  • Parikh
  • Pasi
  • Paswan
  • Patel/Patil = Village headman.
  • Pati
  • Patel/Patil = Village headman.
  • Patnaik
  • Patra
  • Pendse
  • Pillai - Pilla/Pillai = Young lad, son. Malayalam and Tamil origin.
  • Porwal
  • Patel
  • Punj
  • Purang
Q
  • Qadri
  • Quazi
R
  • Ravipati
  • Raavi
  • Rai
  • Rajawat
  • Raju
  • Rakhit
  • Ram
  • Raman
  • Ramachandran
  • Rana or Ranawat -  Ruler. Some speculate it's the male version of Rani.
  • Rand
  • Rane
  • Rao
  • Ray
  • Rathore
  • Rattan
  • Ratnakaram
  • Rallapalli
  • Rawal
  • Ravinuthala
  • Ravulapalli
  • Rawalot
  • Rawat
  • Reddy
  • Roy
  • Rudraraju
  • Rupnar 
S
  • Sadhu
  • Saxena/Saksena
  • Sabharwal
  • Sachdeva/Sachdev
  • Sadasyula/Sadasya 
  • Sagi 
  • Saha 
  • Sahai 
  • Sahu 
  • Saini / Senawney = Head of army.
  • Sahani/Sawhney 
  • Samala 
  • Sanghavi or Sanghvi 
  • Sangwal 
  • Sankathala 
  • Sarbadhikari 
  • Sastri or Shastri 
  • Sati or Satti 
  • Sayyapparaju 
  • Sen 
  • Sethi = Derived from Sanskrit word Sreshti (Merchant). Incidentally Shetty/Chettiar has the same roots. 
  • Sekhri 
  • Shah or Shaha - Persian word for Monarch.
  • Sharma or Sarma - Hindu (Brahman) name from Sanskrit sarma means joy, shelter.
  • Shaktawat 
  • Shekhawat 
  • Shenoy 
  • Shetty 
  • Shinde 
  • Shukla = Bright
  • Sidhu 
  • Singh = Derived from Sanskrit word Simha which means Lion.
  • Singhal or Singal 
  • Sinha = From the Sanskrit word Simha which means Lion. 
  • Shishodia 
  • Sokhal 
  • Solankar 
  • Solanki 
  • Soni 
  • Sridhara [2] 
  • Srivastava/Shrivastava 
  • Sayanakar 
  • Sukumar 
  • Sunkara 
  • Sutaria 
  • Suthar 
  • Sawant 
  • Subramaniya or Subramania [3] or Subramonia 
  • Surathi 
  • Surneni 
  • Suguru 
  • Swarup 
  • Sehgal or Saigal 

T
  • Tagore = Anglicised version of Thakur (Lord).
  • Talwar = Swordsman/Sword.
  • Tandon = Warrior or sun.
  • Tariang
  • Tavase or Tawase
  • Thachenkary
  • Thakur or Thakore
  • Thind
  • Thirumalaraju
  • Tiwari
  • Trivedi = Learned in 3 vedas.
  • Tyagi
  • Tirumalaraju 
U
  • Uddaraju
  • Udyavar
  • Uniyal
  • Upadhyay
  • Uppal
  • Uppalapati
  • Uttara 
V
  • Vadhri
  • Vadke
  • Vaidya
  • Vajipayajula
  • Valivarthi
  • Valladares
  • Vallampati
  • Vankayalapati
  • Varrier = Temple dwellers of Kerala origin.
  • Varma/Varman  or Verma = Kshatriyas in South India. Affixed to the names of rulers.
  • Verma = Hindu name, from Sanskrit word varman which means armor, protection.
  • Vatsavai
  • Vegesana
  • Verghese- Derived from the Spanish surname Vargas
  • Viswanathan
  • Virmani
W
  • Wadke
  • Wagh
  • Waghe
  • Waghmare
  • Wagle
  • Wakde
  • Walawalakar
  • Waleed
  • Wajantri
X
Y
  • Yenugula
  • Yadamreddy
  • Yadhav or Yadav
  • Yalamanchili
  • Yarlagadda
  • Yesuraju
  • Yelimeli
Z
  • Zambe
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