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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19 comments:

  1. What you have shown on your site is a list of surnames not castes.But your page heading is "Indian cast list", which I think is not justified. So either change page heading or create a list that will contain Surname,Caste and their Origin.

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  2. my name is rishi chaurasiya but
    my surname is not available in the list Chaurasiya

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  3. This website is dedicated to documenting the history of Saini community of Punjab and its bordering districts in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. This website does not deal with the history of Mali, Kushwaha, Maurya, etc and other groups who either started using 'Saini' surname only in 20th century , or started associating themselves with the Saini identity since then for various reasons. This website also does not deal with the ethnography of Gola, Sagarvanshi or Bhagrathi, or related communities in Western UP who also describe themselves as "Saini" but with a different meaning and origin of the term. We respect these communities but consider them distinct from Saini community of Punjab. Disclaimer can be read here .

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  4. iste zyada to akele jats k gotra hain haryana me UP me punjab me rajasthan me...

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  5. iste zyada to akele jats k gotra hain haryana me UP me punjab me rajasthan me...

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  6. konse religion ka likha bhai ye muje jain religion ki caste lgti he.

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  8. Dhangar Castes is missing in this list.

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  9. SRIBASTAB KONSI CAUST HAIN
    7076207801

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  10. Amin , Anchan , Banjan , Bangera , Kotian , Kukyan , Kanchan , Karkera , Kundar , Kottary , Nambiyar , Nambian , Salian , Sanil , Suvarna , Mendon , puthran , Palan , Mundan , Shriyan , Mabiyan , Jathan , Kirodian , Bunnan , Pergade , and Gujaran , Mulyan , Baidya , baiahya , talwar , upiyan... These are the surname's of Hindu BILLAVAS community which you can found in all over sauth canara at south India , Kerala , Karnataka , and Tamil nadu . . .

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  11. Romni ko all steat me kya bolte hai

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  12. mysurname issomayajula derived after my ancestors who performed thegreat somayaga...

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  13. Jawadwar surname which cast and category reserve or otherwise

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  14. Vavilapalli surname has been not listed down here,please try to update, i don't know whether it is India's official site or not.

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  15. Vanniya kula kshatriya in Tamilnadu and Agni kula Kshatriya in Andhrapradesh are not in the list, please check on it.

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