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Pages in category "Surnames of Indian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,075 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kaimal - The Nair surname 'Kaimal' is associated with Kiriyathil Nair. Koya [14] - Muslim surname in Malappuram district. Kongassery (Kongasseri) [15] - A major Tharavad from Nemmara (North Kerala) and Palassena (Palakkad). Kongassery is a surname of the Nair community of Kerala, India. Channar [16] - surname associated with Ezhavas and nadars
Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 275 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It is a common in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and some other parts of South India that the spouse adopts her husband's first name instead of his family or surname name after marriage. [10] In Rajasthan, the community name and sometimes the gotra or clan name are used as surnames. Usage of community name as surname include: Charan, Jat, Meena, Rajput, etc.
Pillai or Pillay, (IPA:) meaning "Child of King" (Prince) or "Child", [1] is a surname found among the Malayalam and Tamil-speaking people of India and Sri Lanka.. In Kerala, Pillai is the most common title among upper-caste Nairs, [2] [3] often bestowed by the ruling royal families of Kerala [3] and less commonly found among some Brahmins, [4] Nazrani Mappila and Marars of travancore.
Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname. Use template {} to populate this category. However, do not use the template on disambiguation pages that contain a list of people by family name.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Shenoy is a surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa in India. [1] It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community following Smartha Sampradaya of Kavale Matha or Madhva Sampradaya of either Gokarna Matha or Kashi Matha. [2] Some Brahmin Christian families of South Canara have reverted to their pre-conversion surnames like Shenoy. [3]