Brahmin Surnames Part 1

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Caste is a scientifically classified social structure.

Caste is determined by Disposition, not by birth.

For details read my posts on Caste System.

Surnames are indicative of the Caste.

This is how the Caste name is to be used.

Brahmins are to use ‘Sharma’,

Kshatriyas, ‘Varma,

Vaisyas, ‘Gupta’

I am furnishing the Brahmin surnames in different States of India,

Please inform me for inaccuracies and suggest improvement.

I shall be posting Kshatriya, Vaisya Surnames as well.

Goud Saraswat Brahmin Surnames.

  • Acharya – Kavoor Kamakshi Rayeshwar – Vatsa
  • Akerkar – Shantadurga
  • Anaokar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaundinya
  • Aroskar – Ravalnath/Shantadurga(Mulgaon) – Kashyap
  • Arur – Shantadurga
  • Arurkar
  • Baadkar
  • Badnikar
  • Baindur/Byndoor
  • Bailur
  • Bakshi – Kaundinya
  • Balgi – Kahoor Kamakshi Rayeshwar- Vatsa
  • Baliga – Damodar/Aryadurga – Kashyap
  • Bhende
  • Bhujle/Shenvi Bhujle – Santeri Mahalasanarayani – Gargeya
  • Basrur/Basroor
  • Bastodkar – Mangesh
  • Bawkar – Shantadurga
  • Bedkani
  • Bekanalkar – Bhumika Ravalnath – Atri
  • Belgaonkar – Mahalasa Narayani
  • Benegal
  • Bengre
  • Bhakta/Bhaktha – Mahalasa Narayani
  • Bhise – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi-Vatsa
  • Bhandare – Laxminarayan(Kundaim)/ Mahalaxmi – Cumbharjua – Bharadwaj
  • Bhandarkar – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhavaleshwari (Veling)/ Vijayadurga – Kaunsha
  • Bhangle – Dhakti Vanadevi – Vashisht
  • Bhat- Mahalasa Narayani
  • Bhat Fugro – Nirakar/Aryadurga
  • Bhat Mathkar – Ramnath – Veling – Kaundinya
  • Bhatkal
  • Bijoor
  • Chandavarkar – Mangesh
  • Chandgadkar
  • Chittal – Ramnath
  • Chitrapur
  • Chube – Shantadurga
  • Dabholkar – Shantadurga/Mangesh
  • Dalvi – Mangesh/Mahalasa – Vatsa
  • Dalvi – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Deoolkar – Mangesh
  • Desai – Mangesh Mahalaxmi
  • Deshpande- Mahalasa/Bindumadhav-Koushik & Mangesh/Mahalaxmi-Kaundanya & Mahalasanarayani
  • Deshprabhu _ Mauli/ Ravalnath
  • Dharangutti – Bhumika Ravalnath – Atri
  • Dhareshwar
  • Dhond – Dhakti Vanadevi – Bharadwaj
  • Dhond – Vetal(Mulgao)
  • Dhond – Devi Sharvani
  • Dhople – Shantadurga Sankhavaleshwari, Veling & Vijayadurga, Keri, Goa – Bharadwaj
  • Divekar – Saptakotishvar- Atri
  • Diwadkar- Saptakotishvar
  • Fedane – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi
  • Fowkar – Ramnath
  • Gadekar – Ravalnath/Shantadurga(Mulgaon) – Vatsa
  • Gadiyar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Bharadwaj
  • Gersoppa
  • Gholkar – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Ghotge/Ghodge – Ravalnath/Mahalaxmi(Mulgaon) – Vatsa
  • Ghotgalkar – kaushik/shantadurga kavale-Goa
  • Ghurye – Ramnath
  • Gogwekar
  • Gokarn
  • Gole/Goli/Goli Shanbhag
  • Gothoskar
  • Gunaji – MahaGanapati – Khandola – Bharadwaj
  • Gulvady
  • Haldavnekar
  • Heble/Heblekar
  • Haldipur
  • Hattangadi – Laxminarayan Mahamaya (Nagve Mahamaya) – Vatsa
  • Honnavar
  • Hosangadi
  • Inamdar Vinzanekar – Shantadurga Ponda – Kaushik
  • Ingolikar – Bhumika Ravalnath – Atri
  • Jambotkar – Kaushik
  • Joshi – Bhavani
  • Juvale – Ramnath
  • Kabe
  • Kabbe
  • Kadbet
  • Kalamkar
  • Kalelkar
  • Kalokhe – Vhadli Vanadevi – Atri
  • Kalkod
  • Kalwari
  • Kalyanpur
  • Kamat(h)
  • Kamat Adarkar – Mahalaxmi – Kaundinya
  • Kamat Arbet – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kaundinya
  • Kamat Azrenkar – Mahalaxmi – Mapusa – Kaundinya
  • Kamat Bambolkar – Damodar/Ramnath – Bandora, Verem – Kaushik
  • Kamat Bhatkar – Devakikrishna/Mallinath – Verem – Vatsa
  • Kamat Bhengre – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kaushik
  • Kamat Budkuley – Kavoor Kamakshi Rayeshwar – Assagao – Atri
  • Kamat Burde – Devakikrishna/Mallinath – Vatsa
  • Kamat Burdekar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Vatsa
  • Kamat Chandgadkar
  • Kamat Dadkar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Kamat Dalal – Navadurga(Redi) – Mapusa
  • Kamat Dhakankar – Navadurga(Marcaim)/Mahalaxmi – Marcaim – Bharadwaj
  • Kamat Dhakappa – Jagbai Devi – Bharadwaj
  • Kamat Durbhatkar – Devakikrishna/Mallinath – Vatsa
  • Kamat Elekar – Mahalaxmi – Ribander
  • Kamat Elekar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Kamat Gankar – Navadurga(Marcaim)/Mahalaxmi – Marcaim – Bharadwaj
  • Kamat Gavaskar – Navadurga(Reddy) – Atri
  • Kamat Ghanekar – Devakikrishna/Mallinath – Panaji – Vatsa
  • Kamat Gothoskar
  • Kamat Haldankar – Bhagwati Aldonkarin
  • Kamat Helekar – Mahalaxmi
  • Kamat Khadpe – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Siolim – Kaushik
  • Kamat Khadye – Navadurga(Marcaim) – Atri
  • Kamat Khatav – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Kamat Kimanikar- Bhagawati Aldonkarin ( Haldankars settled in Kimani-Kumta, requires citation)
  • Kamat Kudterkar – Kudteri Mahamaya Chamundeshwari
  • Kamat Kundaikar – Mahalasa Narayani- Kundaim -Gargi
  • Kamat Maad – Navadurga(Marcaim) – Curchorem – Atri
  • Kamat Malyekar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kaushik
  • Kamat Malvankar – Mahamaya (Horna,Fatorpa,Goa) – Kaushik
  • Kamat Malvodkar – Mahalasa Narayani – Marcaim – Atri
  • Kamat Mantri – Shantadurga Ravalnath (Mulgaon)
  • Kamat Mhamai – Mahamaya (Horna,Fatorpa,Goa) – Panaji – Vatsa
  • Kamat Nandgadkar
  • Kamat Navelkar – Mahaganapati/Mahamaya(Shantadurga) – Khandola – Kaundinya
  • Kamat Palekar
  • Kamat Panjikar – Navadurga(Marcaim) – Marcaim – Atri
  • Kamat Panvelkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Ribander – Vatsa
  • Kamat Pavse – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Vashisht
  • Kamat Purohit – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Kamat Redkar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Margao – Kashyap
  • Kamat Sambari – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Dongrim
  • Kamat Satoskar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Marcela, Kakoda – Kaushik
  • Kamat Shankhwalkar – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari(Veling)/Vijayadurga – Margao – Vatsa
  • Kamat Supekar
  • Kamat Tarcar – Navadurga(Redi) – Ribander – Kaushik
  • Kamat Timble – Navadurga(Marcaim) – Marcela, Assolna – Atri
  • Kamat Tudkar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Kamat Wagh – Bhagwati Aldonkarin – St Pedro
  • Kalambi
  • Kanvinde – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Karnik – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Karnad
  • Kelkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi
  • Keni/Kini – Devkikrishna Ravalnath Bhumika Devi – Kashyap
  • Keni/Kini – Ramnath – Cuncolim – Vatsa
  • Kenkre Torsekar
  • Keshkamat – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari(Veling)/Vijayadurga – Vatsa
  • Khasnis – Shantadurga – Vatsa
  • Khatkul – Kaundinya
  • Kaikini
  • Kini – Katyayani Baneshwar
  • Kodkani
  • Kodical
  • Koppikar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Kothari – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Kotnis – Mahalasa
  • Kshetramade -Shantadurga Mangesh Mahalakshmi – Kaushika
  • Kudva – MahaGanapati
  • Kudyadi
  • Kulkarni
  • Karnataki – Ramnath – Vatsa
  • Kumta
  • Kundaje
  • Kundapur
  • Lajmi
  • Mahajan – MahaGanapati – Bharadwaj
  • Mallya
  • Mahale – Devakikrishna – Kashyap
  • Mahale – Mahaganapati Mahamaya(Shantadurga) – Khandola
  • Mainkar
  • Manage
  • Mangalore/Mangalorkar
  • Mangaokar
  • Manjrekar
  • Manki/Mankikar
  • Mantrawadi – Mangesh – Mapusa
  • Mantri – Vetal(Mulgao) – Kashyap
  • Malgaonkar -(Malgaon)- Bhaveri Sateri,Satpurush Kashyap
  • Mavinkurve
  • Mhalsekar
  • Modi/Modi Naik
  • Mondkar – Shantadurga
  • Mordekar – Ravalnath/Shantadurga(Mulgaon) – Margao – Vatsa
  • Manki/Mankikar
  • Mudbhatkal
  • Mudras – Bhumika Ravalnath – Bharadwaj
  • Murdeshwar
  • Muzumdar – Mangesh/Mahalasa – Kaundinya
  • Nabar- Mangesh- Vatsa
  • Nadkarni
  • Nadkarni Gautam
  • Nag/Nagarkatti
  • Naik
  • Nayel
  • Nayak
  • Nayak Banaulikar – Katyayani Baneshwar – Siolim – Bharadwaj
  • Nayak Bandiwadekar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Morjim – Kaushik
  • Nayak Bandkar – Laxminarcinva – Verem, Dongrim
  • Nayak Benne – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaushik
  • Nayak Bhat
  • Nayak Bhatkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Verem, Panaji – Kaushik
  • Nayak Britonkar – Devakikrishna/Pisso Ravalnath – Britona – Kashyap
  • Nayak Burye – Ramnath
  • Nayak Chodnekar – Devakikrishna/Pisso Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Nayak Dalal – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari/Vijayadurga – Veling
  • Nayak Danait – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Kaushik
  • Nayak Desai – Bhagwati(Parse) – Parcem
  • Nayak Dhaimodkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Gaunem – Kaushik
  • Nayak Ganthe – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi
  • Nayak Gaonkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Nageshi – Kaushik
  • Nayak Gaunekar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Gaunem, Tolulem(Bandora) – Kaushik
  • Nayak Ghate
  • Nayak Gholba – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Belgaum – Kaushik
  • Nayak Herekar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaushik
  • Nayak Karande – Mangesh – Marcela – Vatsa
  • Nayak Karmali – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Kakoda – Kaushik
  • Nayak Karmalkar – Carambolim
  • Nayak Khaunte – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Priol – Kaushik
  • Nayak Kudterkar – Kudteri Mahamaya/Chamundeshwari – Cuncolim – Bharadwaj
  • Nayak Kuncolienkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Cuncolim(Ponda) – Kaushik
  • Nayak Kurade – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Cuncolim(Salcette) – Kaushik
  • Nayak Malkarnekar
  • Nayak Mayekar Shri Kelbai
  • Nayak Namshikar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Namshi (Bandora) – Kaushik
  • Nayak Palang – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Marcela – Kaushik
  • Nayak Panvelkar – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari/Vijayadurga – Panveli (Ribander)
  • Nayak Prataprao Sardesai – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Bokadbag (Bandora), Marcaim, Rassaim, Shiroda, Haturli, Vadi – Kaushik
  • Nayak Raikar – Kahoor Kamakshi Rayeshwar – Kaushik
  • Nayak Salatri – Katyayani Baneshwar
  • Nayak Salgaonkar – Sharwani/Vetal – Bharadwaj
  • Nayak Sanzgiri – Mangesh – Vatsa
  • Nayak Shankhwalkar – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Margao
  • Nayak Shinkre – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Karwar – Kashyap
  • Nayak Sukerkar – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Veling – Shankhpingal(Kaunsha)
  • Nayak Vadiye – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaushik
  • Nayak Wagle
  • Nilekani
  • Padiyar – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Vatsa
  • Padiyar Desai – Bhagwati(Parse) – Parcem
  • Padgaonkar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Padukone – Shantadurga
  • Padwaldesai – Dhakti Vanadevi – Kashyap
  • Pai
  • Pai Angle – Ramnath/Betal – Chinchinim, Assolna – Kaundinya
  • Pai Arvodkar
  • Pai Asnodkar
  • Pai Banaulikar – Katyayani Baneshwar – Assolna,Canacona – Kaushik
  • Pai Bhale – Ramnath
  • Pai Bhat
  • Pai Bhatikar
  • Pai Bir – Kamakshi – Verem – Kaushik
  • Pai Budbude – Ramnath – Verem
  • Pai Dhungat – Kamakshi – Verem – Kaushik
  • Pai Dukle – Damodar – Quepem – Vatsa
  • Pai Fondekar – Kavoor Kamakshi Rayeshwar – Margao – Kaushik
  • Pai Gaonkar
  • Pai Kaduhole – Nagesh Mahalaxmi
  • Pai Kakode – Mahalasa Narayani – Cuncolim
  • Pai Kanconkar (Prabhu Konkar) – Ramnath
  • Pai Kane – Mahalasa – Assolna
  • Pai Keni
  • Pai Khot – Ramnath
  • Pai Kir – Mahalasa
  • Pai Kochikar i.e. Udupi Kochikar Pai Family
  • Pai Kuchelkar – Mahalasa – Sanquelim
  • Pai Kudva
  • Pai Kutkhunje
  • Pai Lotlikar – Ramnath
  • Pai Panandikar – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Bharadwaj
  • Pai Patnekar
  • Pai Raikar – Kavoor Kamakshi Rayeshwar – harmal,Savoiverem, Nageshi, Marcaim – Kaushik
  • Pai Raiturkar – Mahalasa – Atri
  • Pai Tonse – Bharadwaj
  • Pai Vaidya – Mahalasa – Carmona, Cuncolim
  • Pai Vernekar – Mahalasa – Merces
  • Pal
  • Pandit – Shantadurga
  • Parulkar – Mangeshi – Vashisht
  • Parulekar – Vetoba – Parule
  • Patekar – Rajapur – Ratnagiri
  • Patro
  • Pavse
  • Pawaskar
  • Phadnis – Shantadurga
  • Phatarphod
  • Phene
  • Pikle – Katyayani Baneshwar
  • Pinge – Mangesh
  • Prabhu
  • Prabhu Agrasani
  • Prabhu Alvenkar – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Bharadwaj
  • Prabhu Asgaonkar Bhumika Ravalnath,Mandrem (Assagaon Waddo) Atri
  • Prabhu Bam – Damodar
  • Prabhu Bhat
  • Prabhu Bhatikar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Bhati(Sanguem) – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Bhembre – Damodar/Ramnath – Zambaulim – Kaushik
  • Prabhu Bhide – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Prabhu Chandelkar – Devaki Krishna/Mallinath – Chapora – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Chimulkar – Bhagwati Chimulkarin – Kaushik
  • Prabhu Chodnekar – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Kaushik
  • Prabhu Chunekar – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Bharadwaj
  • Prabhu Dabholkar – Shantadurga
  • Prabhu Dalal – Bhumika Ravalnath – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Desai
  • Prabhu Deshpande
  • Prabhu Dharwadkar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Nerul – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Dharwatkar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Digalkar
  • Prabhu Elekar – Mahaganapati/ Mahamaya (Shantadurga)
  • Prabhu Gaonkar – Damodar/Aryadurga – Canacona – Atri
  • Prabhu Galwankar
  • Prabhu Ginde – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Atri
  • Prabhu Govekar – Damodar
  • Prabhu Kapdi – Dhakti Vanadevi – Atri
  • Prabhu Keluskar – Dhananjay
  • Prabhu Khadpe- Shree Bhagwati, dhargal,Pernem, goa
  • Prabhu Khanolkar
  • Prabhu Kholkar – Laxminarayan/Betal(Khola) – Marcela, Khola – Gautam
  • Prabhu Khope – Damodar – Cuncolim – Kaushik
  • Prabhu Kochrekar
  • Prabhu Kolvalkar – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Atri
  • Prabhu Konkar – Ramnath
  • Prabhu Lawande – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Marcela, Panaji, Gaunem, Candolim, Sanquelim – Atri
  • Prabhu Madkaikar
  • Prabhu Mahambrey – Vhadli Vanadevi – Atri
  • Prabhu Maliar
  • Prabhu Malkarnekar – Vetoba Ravalnath – Kaundinya
  • Prabhu Matkari
  • Prabhu Matondkar
  • Prabhu Mayekar shri Kelbai
  • Prabhu Mhapne – Devakikrishna/Mallinath – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Mirashi
  • Prabhu Miskin – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Prabhu Moni
  • Prabhu Morge – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Moye – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Siolim – Atri
  • Prabhu Nachnolkar – Vetal Panchayatan – Vashisht
  • Prabhu Narvekar
  • Prabhu Nasnodkar – Vetal Panchayatan – Vashisht
  • Prabhu Navelkar – Mahaganapati/Mahalaxmi – Kashyap
  • Prabhu Padgaonkar – Devakikrishna/Shano Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Prabhu Parrikar – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Parra – Atri
  • Prabhu Parsekar Desai – Bhagwati(Parse) – Parcem
  • Prabhu Pawaskar
  • Prabhu Salgaonkar – Sharwani/Vetal – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Satardekar
  • Prabhu Satkar – Bhumika Ravalnath – Atri
  • Prabhu Shastri
  • Prabhu Shelkar
  • Prabhu Shetiya
  • Prabhu Shinkre – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Ponda, Kavlem
  • Prabhu Shirodkar – Ravalnath/Mahalaxmi(Mulgao)
  • Prabhu Shiroorkar
  • Prabhu Sinari – Vetal(Mulgao) – Vatsa
  • Prabhu Tamba – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Ribander – Atri
  • Prabhu Usgaonkar
  • Prabhu Vadalkar
  • Prabhu Velguenkar – Dhananjay
  • Prabhu Velingkar – Kashyap
  • Prabhu Verlekar – Devakikrishna/Piso Ravalnath – Mapusa, Cumbharjua – Atri
  • Prabhu Wadkar – Damodar
  • Prabhu Valaulikar/Walawalkar – Vatsa – Shantadurga Kavlem
  • Prabhu Zantye – Ravalnath/Mahalaxmi(Mulgao) – Kashyap
  • Prabhudesai/Prabhu Kholkar – Laxminarayan/Santeri – Khola – Gautam
  • Punalekar
  • Puranik – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari/ Vijayadurga – Bharadwaj
  • Rajgolkar
  • Rajyadhyaksha
  • Rao Valaulikar – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi
  • Redkar
  • Salastekar – Vatsa
  • Salgar – Mangesh – Vatsa
  • Sandu
  • Saraf – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaundinya
  • Sardeshpande
  • Sarkhot
  • Saudagar – Ravalnath/Shantadurga(Mulgao) – Kashyap
  • Savnal
  • Shahpurkar
  • Shanbhag-Ramnath
  • Shanbhag Uppinakudru – Katyayani Baneshwar
  • Shenoy
  • Shenoy/Bhagavath (Karkala) – Mangesh/Shanthadurga(Ponda)
  • Shenvi Ambiye – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Advalpalkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Agni – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Canacona,Assolna – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Agshikar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Ambe – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Cuncolim – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Amonkar – Saptakoteshwar – Naidhruv
  • Shenvi Aras – Mangesh/Mahalasa – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Assoldekar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Audi – Ramnath – Benaulim, Cuncolim
  • Shenvi Bale/Baliga – Damodar – Kashyap
  • Shenvi Bambolkar
  • Shenvi Barad – Ramnath/Kamaxi – Agassaim
  • Shenvi Belayo
  • Shenvi Bene – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Quepem – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Bhade – Ganapati/Mahalaxmi
  • Shenvi Bhandiye – Ramnath – Volvoi
  • Shenvi Bhandare – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Cumbharjua – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Bhangui – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Panchawadi – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Bharne – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Marcaim – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Bhatkuly – Damodar – Verem
  • Shenvi Bhende – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Bhise – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Bhobe – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Nerul – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Bhonsule – Bhumika Ravalnath – St Cruz – Vashisht
  • Shenvi Bhujle – Mahalasa – Gargeya
  • Shenvi Bichu – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Bodke – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Sanquelim – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Borkar – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Borim, Verem, Marcaim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Borkar – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Borim, Bicholim – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Bramhe – Mangesh – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Budkuley – Mahalasa – Sanquelim
  • Shenvi Buyao – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Verem
  • Shenvi Chitnis – Shantadurga – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Chopdekar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi
  • Shenvi Dalal
  • Shenvi Danait
  • Shenvi Dande – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Verem
  • Shenvi Dangui – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Ramnathi
  • Shenvi Desai
  • Shenvi Dhaimode(Dhaimade) – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Dhargalkar
  • Shenvi Dhempe/Dhempo – Mahamaya – Panaji, St Cruz, Nerul – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Dhumatkar – Mahaganapati – Carambolim – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Dhume – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Cumbharjua – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Divekar – Saptakoteshwar – Harit
  • Shenvi Diwadkar – Saptakoteshwar – Harit
  • Shenvi Dubhashi – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Sanquelim – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Dukle – Damodar – Calangute – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Gadnis – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Gaitonde – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Bastora, Usccaim, Sanquelim – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Ghantkar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Gharse – Katyayani Baneshwar – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Ghate
  • Shenvi Ghode – Laxminarayan(Ankola)/Mahamaya – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Ghodekar – Ramnath – Cuncolim
  • Shenvi Ghoting – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Marcela – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Gude – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Panchawadi – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Gulelkar
  • Shenvi Hede – Shantadurga – Shiroda – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Hegde – Damodar/Aryadurga – Kashyap
  • Shenvi Hodarkar – Shantadurga – Odar – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Holkar – Ravalnath/Mahalaxmi(Mulgao) – Kashyap
  • Shenvi Kabadi – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vagalim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Kadkade – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kaisare/Kaissary – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Kakodkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Kakoda – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kakule – Damodar
  • Shenvi Kantak – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Panchawadi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kapdi – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Ponda – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Karapurkar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kare – Ramnath – Margao – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kasbekar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kavde – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kavlekar – Ramnath – Kavlem
  • Shenvi Kelekar – Mahalaxmi – Priol – Kashyap
  • Shenvi Kenkre – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kerkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Keri (Ponda) – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kerkar(Sanzgiri) – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Keri (Pernem)
  • Shenvi Khandeparkar – Ganapati/Mahalaxmi – Khandepar, Shiroda – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Kharangate – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Paroda – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Khatkhate – Sharwani/Vetal – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Khazanie
  • Shenvi Kinnarkar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kirteni – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Kokkar
  • Shenvi Kolmule – Mangesh – Sanquelim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Kolvalkar – Kalbhairav(Dhargalim)
  • Shenvi Korgaonkar
  • Shenvi Kossambe – Ramnath- Sanguem,Sancoale – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Kothari – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kudchadkar – Shantadurga – Curchorem – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kulkarni – Mangesh
  • Shenvi Kuncolienkar – Ramnath/Kamaxi – Cuncolim(Ponda), Quepem – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Kundaikar – Shantadurga – Kundaim – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Kunde – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Cuncolim – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Kuvelkar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Laad/Laud/Lad/ – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Lawanis – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Bicholim – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Lotlikar – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Mahaddalkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Jamdagni
  • Shenvi Mahatme – Kalbhairav(Dhargalim)
  • Shenvi Malkarnekar – Shantadurga – Malkarnem – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Mandrekar – Mahalaxmi(Mandrem)
  • Shenvi Mandurkar – Mangesh – Kundaim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Manerkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Sanguem – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Masurekar – Ramnath – Masure (Maharashtra)
  • Shenvi Matha – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Mauzekar – Ramnath/Kamaxi – Kundaim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Mauzo – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Mayekar – Kelbai
  • Shenvi Menkurkar
  • Shenvi Mirye – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Molio – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Mone
  • Shenvi Mopkar – Mahalasa
  • Shenvi Mulgaonkar/ Mulgaokar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Mulgaon – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Mungre – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi
  • Shenvi Murkunde – Ramnath
  • Shenvi Murkundkar
  • Shenvi Nabar – Mangesh – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Nadkarni – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Nadkarni – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Nagarsekar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Nagarcem – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Narvekar – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Navelkar – Mahaganapati – Assolna – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Nerlikar – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Nerurkar – Saptakoteshwar – Naidhruv
  • Shenvi Netravalkar – Mangesh – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Neurekar – Mahalasa – Neura, Marcaim – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Pagnis – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Palekar
  • Shenvi Paraz – Laxminarayan/ Mahamaya(Ankola) – Canacona – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Parsekar
  • Shenvi Phalgaonkar – Canacona
  • Shenvi Pilgaonkar – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Pissurlenkar – Shantadurga – Pissurlem – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Prabhavalkar – Mangesh – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Priolkar – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Priol – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Priolkar(Konekar) – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Priol – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Rajadhyaksha – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Ramani – Shantadurga – Talaulim – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Rangnekar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Rataboli – Ramnath/Kamaxi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Rege – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Sabnis – Shantadurga – Durbhat, Sawantwadi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Sacordekar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Sadekar – Ramnath – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Sakhardande – Shantadurga – Verem, Sanquelim – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Salelkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Sanguem – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Salgaonkar – Sharwani/Vetal – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Salkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Sambari – Ramnath – Varca
  • Shenvi Sangaonkar – Mahalaxmi – Sangao (Priol) – Kashyap
  • Shenvi Sankow – Ramnath – Cuncolim
  • Shenvi Sanzgiri – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Cortalim, Sancoale
  • Shenvi Sarmalkar – Ramnath – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Saturdekar
  • Shenvi Sawaikar – Mahalaxmi – Kashyap
  • Shenvi Sawardekar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Sawkar – Mahamaya – Mapusa – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Sawkar – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Chendia(Karnataka) – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Shankhwalkar – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga
  • Shenvi Sheldekar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Shetye – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Sanquelim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Shikerkar
  • Shenvi Shirdonkar – Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Ribander – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Shirgaonkar – Shantadurga – Vatsa – Assnora
  • Shenvi Shirodkar
  • Shenvi Shirvaikar – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Shirvai – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Shisani – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Shiveshwarkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi
  • Shenvi Silimkhan – Ramnath – Panaji
  • Shenvi Singbal – Mangesh/Mahalasa – Savoiverem – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Sukhtankar – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Surlakar – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Sursure – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Curchorem – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Suryarao Sardesai – Saptakoteshwar – Savoiverem, Narvem – Naidhruv
  • Shenvi Talak – Damodar/Mahalaxmi – Margao
  • Shenvi Talaulikar – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Talaulim, Cuncolim – Kaundinya
  • Shenvi Talwadkar – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Quepem, Mangeshi – Kaushik
  • Shenvi Telang – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Thakur
  • Shenvi Tilve – Belgaum
  • Shenvi Usgaonkar – Mangesh/Mahalaxmi – Usgao – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Valvatkar – Laxminarcinva/Shantadurga Shankhwaleshwari /Vijayadurga – Shankhpingal
  • Shenvi Varde – Shantadurga – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Varerkar
  • Shenvi Velingkar – Mahaganapati/Mahalaxmi – Veling – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Virginkar – Ramnath/Vamnes

hwar – Margao – Kaundinya

  • Shenvi Wagle
  • Shenvi Valaulikar/Walawalkar – Vatsa – Shantadurga Kavlem
  • Shenvi Warty – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Nerul
  • Shenvi Welling – Mahaganapati/Mahalaxmi – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Zanzal – Mahaganapati/Mahalaxmi – Arpora – Bharadwaj
  • Shenvi Zaqui – Shantadurga/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Shenvi Zingde – Kamaxa Ramnath – Vatsa – Mardol
  • Shenvi Zuvarkar – Ramnath/Vamneshwar – Kaundinya
  • Sherlekar
  • Shetye – Dhakti Vanadevi – Harsh
  • Shetye – Bhumika Ravalnath – Kaundinya
  • Shetye Sawaikar – Ravalnath/Shantadurga(Mulgao) – Kashyap
  • Shirali – Shantadurga
  • Shirodkar – Vetal Maharudra(Mulgao)
  • Shirolkar
  • Shiroor
  • Shiroormutt
  • Shivalkar – Mangesh
  • Shivkamat – Nagesh/Mahalaxmi – Vatsa
  • Sinkar
  • Sonde
  • Sohoni – Shantadurga Mangeshi – Kaushik
  • Sthalekar Vaidya – Shantadurga – Kaushik
  • Sujir
  • Sukhtankar
  • Tadkodkar – Shantadurga – Vatsa
  • Talgeri
  • Talmaki
  • Talwalkar
  • Tambulwadkar
  • Tembulkar (Kulkarni)- Shree Laxmi Narsimha- Veling
  • Tendulkar -Dhananjay – Laxmi Ravalnath, Marcel
  • Tergaonkar
  • Thaly – Mahalaxmi(Korgao) – Siolim – Kashyap
  • Thakur (From Mhapan, Kudal)- Shantadurga (Mhapan)
  • Tinaikar – Mangesh – Vatsa
  • Torne – Bhumika Ravalnath – Kashyap
  • Torsekar – Mangesh
  • Trasikar
  • Ugrankar
  • Ullal – Lakshminarayan Mahamaya (Nagve Mahamaya) -Vatsa
  • Vadhyar
  • Varde
  • Velangi
  • Vengsarkar
  • Vengurlekar
  • Vinekar
  • Vishwasrao Desai – Saptakoteshwar – Lamgao – Naidhruv
  • Vombatkere
  • Wagh
  • Wagle
  • Wakade
  • Warerkar
  • Warik
  • Wartikar
  • Yelekar – Mahalaxmi (Bandora) – Vatsa
  • Zarapkar – Vatsa

This post is generated,  in good faith ,for providing information for the Community to identify their communities.

Sources are quoted below.

Sources:

http://www.brahminworld.com/bw23.htm

http://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=Caste+system&site=ramanan50.wordpress.com

Comments

68 responses to “Brahmin Surnames Part 1”

  1. Suresh Babu Shenoy Avatar
    Suresh Babu Shenoy

    Dear Ramanan, First of all many many thanks for a wonderful compilation. I shall be gratefull if you can clarify a couple of matters about the list. 1) Gothra is not mentioned against some of the entries. Is it because you where not able to get the info or because they need not be GSB. (2) have you included the surname/kuladevatha/gothra of the followers of Chitrapur math? (3) Some of the temples of the same deity seems to be in many places. Is it possible to identify the original – does it have any relevance?

    1. ramanan50 Avatar

      Yes,wherever I am not satisfied with the authenticity of the information, I leave it blank.
      I have not included about Chitrapur Mutt.I need a lot of information on some of the Mutts in Karnataka and the information is scarce.You may share information.Same Deity is found in many temples. Always preferable to worship the Deity one’s ancestors have worshiped.In case the details are unavailable one can worship the same Deity in another place.
      What is GSB , you mean Gauda Saraswat Brahmins/
      I have plans to write on them and other Brahmin groups like Chiplun Brahmins.Regards

      1. hymnsofbipolarity Avatar

        Hi my surname is Tambulwadkar – deshpande. We know we are saraswat but Could you please send me an authentic source verifying our surname? As per new law at mangeshi we have to submit proof. Unlike in Goa we in maharashtra don’t use dual surname on official documents and we don’t have an official document which proves we are deshpande. Kindly help me out here. Thanking you

      2. ramanan50 Avatar

        Can you send me your Abhiuvaadan/Pravara Mantra which you recite? It will contain your rishis. I may be able to trace

  2. Sushant harit Avatar
    Sushant harit

    What is my caste and gothra my name is sushant harit

    1. ramanan50 Avatar

      I need the traya, the three rishis. Please check with family elders on this and let me know.

      1. hymnsofbipolarity Avatar

        I am sorry but other than our gotra which is Kaundinya we have no info about three rishis.in maharashtra we can’t use two surnames so we dropped deshpande of all our legal documents and now we aren’t allowed at mangeshi to perform seva because of new rules there.

  3. narendra achari Avatar
    narendra achari

    Some surnames like rath, panda, PADHI, MISHRA, PANIGRAHI and many more used in odisha are not in the list.

    1. ramanan50 Avatar

      Ishall include them. Thanks

  4. priram vidyadhar nagarkar Avatar
    priram vidyadhar nagarkar

    My name is pritam vidyadhar nagarkar .My gotra is vasishta . I am konkanastha chitpavan brahmin .Can please help me find my kuldevi or kuldevta ….please

  5. Darshan Avatar
    Darshan

    Ramanan,

    Prabhu Keluskar , Prabhu Tendulkar , Prabhu Tendolkar are same. My mother told me this and I did checked visiting temple in Tendull. Original daivata are Laxmi Ravalnath of all Tendulkars where as many of Tendulkar adopted Mangeshi as their Kuldevata.

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