Complex sentence: Other common names are Bhosle, Rao, Gaekwad, Mohite, Desai, Salvi, Joshi, etc. Thus the surname Pradhan indicates a leader while Karnik indicates a person whose ancestors came from Karnataka (shortened to Karnik).
Split into simpler sentences: Other common names are Bhosle, Rao, Gaekwad, Mohite, Desai, Salvi, Joshi. The surname Pradhan indicates a leader while Karnik indicates a person whose ancestors came from Karnataka (shortened to Karnik).