Talk:Indian name

message: This page has been created as suggested by 3 users in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indian_family_name 
Please edit, correct, clarify, and comment and make this page useful and interesting.
Doctor Bruno 08:11, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

message: Most of the examples will be from South Indian names (because I know that).. You are free to give other examples also. Also much has been taken from http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/1771/Desh/nms.html
Doctor Bruno 09:55, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  About Examples 

message: I fixed the grammar and style of the article. It still seems cumbersome to me. A more streamlined introduction into naming conventions is needed.
Also, if someone who is familiar with Indian names could check to make sure everything is still factually accurate. Kerowyn 03:56, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added few points (edited by you) which are needed to give a comprehensive picture Doctor Bruno 02:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedit and Fact checking 

message: One piece of information that ought to be added for each language group/religion is how women's names work, e.g. whether a women in that culture changes her name on marriage.Bill 22:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Language group? I think you mean ethnic group or region. And women adopting their husband's surname after marriage is pretty standard 172.129.38.235 (talk) 03:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Women's Names

message: "Indians greatly believe in mythology and they name their kids with mythological names. They go for epics also to name their kids. Some people have their family name along with their name." These sentences from the introduction are confusing. I'll try to edit them, but someone who knows more about Indian names should make sure I'm correct. Flutefreek 05:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduction

message: As a suggestion before I make an edit, I was hoping to add a section on naming conventions for Indian diaspora. There are references to Malaysia and to 3r'd generation immigrants in this article, which could perhaps be collected under a new section.
A further example that comes to mind in the same category is that of the Indo-Caribbean population,  whose names where changed (forcibly? - debated )before they were taken as slaves to the West Indies. Shivanarain Chanderpaul - would have come from Shiva Narayan Chander .Another example is the name of a friend of mine Shawn Rambrath whose given Hindu name is Roshan shortened to Shawn and the surname lengthens to Ram Bharat.The Mystic 16:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold :). ¦ Reisio 01:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Indian diaspora

message: I have just cleaned up this article a bit and tried to put it in a more sensible order. I am sure more improvements can be made. I removed a few things that I know to be false - for instance, the name "Nehru" was certainly not invented by Motilal Nehru when he moved to Allahabad! It is well documented in any biography of Jawaharlal Nehru (including his autobiography, IIRC) that the name "Nehru" was a probable corruption of "Nehari" (canal) and was adopted by that family in Kashmir many generations before Motilal Nehru was even born. I also think some of the examples could be improved. There were too many examples of Sikh names (I have reduced this to just Manmohan Singh, as India's most prominent Sikh figure), but most of the examples for South Indian names appear to be either obscure or made-up. It would be much better to have examples of real names of prominent figures if possible, on grounds of Wikipedia's No Original Research policy, which this article is in danger of violating anyway. -- TinaSparkle 09:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, TinaSparkle, for your efforts.  I just tagged the article in need of cleanup to capture your, "I am sure more improvements can be made."  I am a U.S. software developer working with some people in Chennai, so I like to understand what I can about their circumstances, including names.  I did not understand the purpose of the numbered list at the beginning of the surnames section, for example.  I would copy-edit myself, but I'm afraid I would change the meaning until it is outrageous.  -- ke4roh 01:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: I just tagged this article in need of one or more maps because it would help me to understand the geography of names in India.  I have met several Indians who asked the name of another Indian friend of mine so as to determine where the latter is from, indicating to me that an approximate map of names to places might be possible.  I saw a map of the top 50 British surnames, and perhaps something similar might be possible, though I realize the diversity in India might make it more practical to render a series of maps for regions using different naming systems, for example.  -- ke4roh 01:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map(s) 

message: An external influence on Indian (and other) naming systems in the West is the preference of clerks and data entry people for limiting names to two words: often only the first and last words of a string will be recorded at a hospital or clinic, as "Christian name" and "Surname" respectively, which may lead to confusion later when things like laboratory reports have to be matched to persons in places with large Indian or Pakistani populations. This is not just a problem for Indians: John Albert Smith and John Alfred Smith would both go down as John Smith.
In the case of Sikhs, who may retain sub-caste names in the UK whereas their Indian relatives may drop them for egalitarian reasons, this would mean losing the "Singh" or "Kaur" resulting in a completely unisex name on the file.
A similar ethnocentricity may be built into databases, such as Access, which may force everyone into the American mould of first name + middle initial + surname when printing out names.
Another cause of confusion is the insistence of officials on identifying the "surname" and then putting it first, which also causes confusion when the subject has a two-part personal name only. 
Officials faced with a short single name, or one not overlapping with a parent's,  may put the last part of that parent's name down as the child's surname, leading to anomalies such as a boy apparently surnamed "Begum" on his record. NRPanikker 16:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forced Shortening and Inversion of Names 

message: Hi, I came to this article looking for information on the order that Indian names are written in; is it usually Firstname Lastname as in most English speaking countries, or Lastname Firstname as in China and Hungary, or something else - and does this vary by region or religious heritage?
Could anyone here help me out? :-) Moyabrit (talk) 13:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What order are names written in? 

message: Hi everyone,
I moved the name Upadhya into Karnataka. The Jammu and Kashmir (Basically a lot of North India name is actually Upadhyaya. Please change the Upadhyaya name if necessary but leave the Upadhya name where it is. It is genuinely Karntakan. I should know, I have the surname.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.108.50.217 (talk) 07:35, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  THE NAME UPADHYA 

message: Is there any reason for this article to attempt the making of exhaustive lists of names and their classification into political states ? It appears that there are sociology texts that can be used to cite sources for many of the facts in the article. I am sure the contributors here are scholarly enough to add citations to content and perhaps this needs to keep the focus on naming schemes and patterns in general. Shyamal (talk) 05:59, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Lists of names

message: There is no system of British patronymics. British names consist of a first name followed by a family name.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.75.228.252 (talk) 15:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  British 'patronymics'  

message: this is probably just junk that doesn't belong on wiki, but i'm leaving this here if something can be done with it.
State(s)                                                      	Language(s) Spoken                                                                	Last Names                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           	
Assam                                                         	Assamese,Bengali                                                                  	Acharya1, Barua1, Baruah1, Barooah1, Baroova1, Boruah, Borooah, Barthakur1, Barman, Bezbaruah1, Bhattacharya1, Bujarbarua1, Pandit1  Bhuyan, Barbhuyan, Boro, Bora, Borah, Bezbora/h1 Borboruah, Borbora, Bordoloi, Borgohain, Borkakoti, Borkotoky1, Borpatragohain, Buragohain, Chakraborty1,Changmai, Chaliha, Chetia, Choudhuri, Das, Deka, Dhekial, Gogoi, Gohain, Goswami1, Hazarika, Kotoky1, Kakati, Kakoti, Kalita, Konwar, Medhi, Pujari1, Borpuzari1, Phookan1, Phukan1, Ronghang, Sarma/Sarmah/Sharma1, Siddhant1, Terang, Teron,Thakore1, Hmar.
(1Exclusive/shared Assamese Brahmins surnames, for Assamese Brahmin gotras written by Assamese Brahmins, such as; Zubeen Garg, refer to Assamese Brahmin Gotras.
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Acharya, Adhikari, Aich, Ain, Ash, Baag, Bagchi, Baidya, Bakshi, Bandyopadhyaya/Banerjee, Banik, Basak, Barman / Burman, Barua, Bappary, Bhadra, Bhanja, Bhar, Bhatta, Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee, Bhattanarayana-Bid, Bhowmik, Bhuiyan, Biswas, Bose/Basu, Brahma, Brahmachari, Chakladar, Chakraborty, Chanda, Chandra, Chandratre, Chandratreya, Chanda, Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Choudhuri/Chaudhuri/Choudhury, Dam, Daha, Das, Dasgupta, Dasbiswas, Dastidar, Deb/Dev, Debnath, Dey/De, Dhar, Datta/Dutta, Dutta-Gupta, Dutta-Ray, Duari, Gangopadhyaya/Ganguly, Gaur, Ghatak, Ghosh, Ghosh-Dastidar, Ghoshal, Goswami, Guha, Guha Neogi, Guha Roy, Guhathakurta, Gunin, Gupta, Haldar, Hazra, Hor, Hui, Indu, Jana, Kabiraj, Kar, Karmakar, Kolapatra, Kumar, Kumhor, Kundu, Laha, Lahiri, Maitra, Maity, Majumdar, Mal, Malla, Majhi, Malakar, Mallick, Mandal, Manna, Maulik, Misra, Mitra, Mukhopadhyaya/Mukherjee, Munshi, Nag, Nandan, Nandy, Naskar, Neogi, Pakrashi,Pal, Paul, Palit, Parui, Pathak, Patwary, Poddar, Poriya, Porel, Pradhan, Pramanik, Rakshit Ray, Roy/Ray, Raychowdhury/Ray Chaudhuri, Rudra, Sadhukhan, Saha, Samaddar, Samanta, Sana, Santra, Sanyal, Sarbhan, Sarkar, Sen, Sengupta, Sensharma, Sharma, Shastry, Shikdar, Sinha/Shingha, Som, Sur, Swar, Talukdar, Talapatra, Thakur/Tagore, Tiwary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          	
Andhra Pradesh                                                	Telugu                                                                            	
Masarapu,Pesala,Reddy,Alluri,Potti, Komaram ,Marri ,Tanguturi ,Kaloji,Jalagam ,Puchalapalli , Pingali,Burgula ,Banoth, Meka, Peddirsi,Vaka,Ramavath,Nandamuri,Vasireddy,Kamarapu, Samarla, Devineni, Vangaveeti, Paritala, Konidela, Nimmakayala, Daggubati,Mudigonda, Atluri, Barlapudi, Vokshani, Chevuri, Ravuru, Sirugudi, Chandamalla, Mamuduri, Kodhati, Jakkala, Pillarishetty, Appani, Gayam, Jasti, Vemulapalli, Anumula, Asuri, Nallanchakravarthula, Alaparthi, Gunti, Danaboyina, Gadde, Paila , Ethrouthu, Gurrla, Boini, Ankem, Karnati, Kalluri, Medam, Ginjupalli, Kadiyala, Kavuri, Kotla, Komatineni, Kondragunta, Thupalli, Raavi, Mandava, Chiguluri, Mukkamala, Musunuri, Gurram, Vangala, Yarlagadda, Marella, Maddala, Anantaneni, Ponna, Gollapinni, Mummidi, Anumolu, Bulusu, Nalluru, Bhagavatula, Chaganti, Chaparala, Cherukuri,Garudadri, Mullapudi, Gollapudi, Tanikella, Kovelamudi, Sripada, Vempati, Nutulapati, Nomula, Davuluri, Vemuri, Allu,  Tunuguntla, Thanneeru, Lakamalla, Damacherla, Thalari, Marri, Pati, Akula,  Chinthamalla, Munnangi, Mamidala, Mandaloju, Sreegiri, Srishti, Vundavalli, Vanapalli, Varre, Ragampudi, Mutyala, Pinnamaneni, Pendyala, Panuganti, Ponnala, Podile, Potini, Kolli, Guntupalli, Yadlapati, Yalamanchi, Raavi, Jagarlamudi, Vadlamudi, Polisetty, Gali, Chebrolu, Nidumolu, Gundapaneni, Malladi, Achanta, Yellapragada, Akkineni, Atluri, Gandhamaneni, BellamKonda, Kakumani, Madanu, Gunda, Charugundla, Tulabandu, Vakalapudi, Thota, Eguri, Pasala, Sheikh, Mohammed, Rebbapragada, Chagantipati, Gorthi, Metta, Nara, Somarothu, Sajja, Gaddam, Yandamuri, Kunapareddy, Neeradi,Dhepalli, Annimalle,Dachepalli.       
Commonly found middle names are Naga, Tirumala, Venkata, Kumar, Rama, Sai etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          	
Uttarpradesh, Jaunpur                                         	Hindi                                                                             	Agrawal, Akhauri, Asthana, Bajpai, Baghel, Balyan,Bharti, Chaturvedi, Choudhary, Dhanjit, Dubey, Dwivedi, Giri, Goswami, Jha, Kumar, Kushwaha, Mourya, Mahato, Mandal, Mishra, Mital, Pal, Pandey, Paswan, Pathak, Prasad, Puri, Rai, Rajak, Sah, Sahay, Sharma, Singh, Sinha, Srivastava, Tanti, Thakur, Tiwari, Tiwary, Tomar,Trivedi, Upadhyay, Vajpai, Vasudev, Verma, Yadav, Gangwar,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           	
Chhattisgarh                                                  	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi                                                              	Agharia, Bhoi, Chandrakar, Dewangan, Nishad, Patel, Sahu, Verma, Suryavanshi,
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Gujarat                                                       	Gujarati                                                                          	Acharya, Adani, Adhvaryu, Ajmera, Ambani, Amin, Asher,Ammar, Bapodra, Barot,Baisoya(gurjar), Bainsla, Bhagat, Bhakta, Bhansali, Bhatt, Bunha, Bhanwadia, Bhuta, Bhuva, Chag,  Chandratre, Chandratreya, Chauhan, Chawda, Chikhalia, Chinwalla, Chitalia, Chokshi, Chudasama, Daftary, Dalal, Dave, Desai, Dhaduk, Dhruv, Dhokia, Dholakia, Dixit, Dobariya, Doshi, Gaekwad, Ganatra, Ganjawala, Gajjar, Gandhi, Godhania, Goradia, Goswami, Grigg, Gupta, Gohil, Hathiwala, Jadeja, Jani, Jariwala, Jobanputra, Joshi, Juthani, Kachchhi, Kagalwala, Kakadia, kasana, Kamdar, Kanakia, Kansagara, Kapadia, Karavadra, Katira, Karia, Khamar, Kotadia, Kotak, Kotecha, Kuchhadia, kumar, Kyada, Khilosia, Lalbhai, lunagariya Macwan, Makavana/Makwana, Mankad, Mankodi, Mavani, Mehta, Meraiya, Mistry, Modi, Modhwadia, Mokani, Mulani, Munim, Naik, Nayak, Odedra/Odedara, Oza, Palan, Panchal, Pandya, Pansuriya, Pardava, Parekh, Parikh, Patel, Pathak, Parmar, Pipalia, Purohit, Prajapati, Ribadia, Rabadia, Rai, Ray, Rathod, Rawal, Raval, Sampat, Sanghavi, Sarabhai, Savalia, Shah, Servaia, Sheladia, Sheth, Shroff, Sisodiya, Solanki, somaiya, Soni, Sutaria, Suthar, Talati, Talsania, Tandel, Tanti, Thakar, Thakkar, Thanki, Tripathi, Trivedi, Upadhyaya, Valia, Visaria, Visariya, Vora, Vyas, Wala, Zariwala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     	
Haryana                                                       	HindiHaryanvi                                                                     	Ahlawat, Beniwal, Chauhan, Chautala, Dahiya, Rao Sahab (Yadav), Kundu, Malhan, Nain, Rathi,Singhal, Sangwan, Sharma,yadav, kaushik,  parashar, mudgal, valmiki, jangra, Sheoran,,Narwal, Passi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       	
Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi	Marwari, Hindi, Garhwali, Kumaoni                                                 	Aggarwal, Awasthi, Agrawal, Asthana, Bajpai, Bagri,Bainsla, Baisoya(gurjar),Balyan,Bansal, Bartwal, Baurai, Bhati, Bindal, Binjola, birla, Bisht, Chand, Chandels, Chandratre, Chandola, Chandra, Chandratreya, Chaturvedi, Chaubey, Chaudhary, Chauhan, Choudhary, Dashattor, Dhasmana, Dhoni, Dhounndiyal, Dixit, Dwivedi, Dubey, Garg, Gurjar, Ghatori, Ghilidiyal, goenka, Gulia, Gusain, innani, jain, Jaswal, Jindal, Joshi, Juyal, kabra, Kaintura, Kalawat, Kandari, Kandpal, Kamboj, Kasana (Gurjars), Kansal, Karamchand, Kaushal, Kaura, Kumavat, Khatri, Kushwaha,Malik, Manral, mohta, Mourya/maurya, Kothiyal, Malani, Mathur, Maurya, Mehrotra, mehta, Misra, Mishra, Mittal, Meena, Morarka, Naugai, Nautiyal, Nagda, Negi, Nagar, Nekadi (Gurjar) Nigam, Niraniya, Painuly, Panwar, Pandey, Rai, Rajput, Rajawat, Rana, Rawat, Rathore, Rustagi,Rastogi, rathi, Rungta, Saklani, Saraf, Saraff, Sarpal, Saxena, Shahalia, Sharma, Shekhawat, Shrimali, Singhal, singhania, sodani, somani, Srivastava, Singh, Swarnkar, Tanwar, Thakur, Thapliyal, Tiwari, Tola, Toshniwal, Tripathi, Trivedi, Uniyal, Upadhayay,  Vajpai, Verma, Visariya, Yadav, Kukreti, Maheshwari                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
Jammu and Kashmir                                             	Dogri, Kashmiri                                                                   	Ahmed, Amar Baldotra, Balotra, Bhan, Bhat, Bhatt, Butt, Charak, Dar, Dhar, Dogra, Dixit(Mostly in Jammu), Dubey, Gandotra, Ganjoo, Handoo, Jasrotia, Jeet, Kak, Kakapuri, Kaul, Kasana (Gujjars), Khajuria, Kher, Koul, Lal, Langer, Maam, Mangotra, Ogra, Pandit, Proach, Raina, Rajwal, Sadathia, Sadotra, Sahgal, Salathia Sangra, Samyal, Shahalia, Sharma, Syed, Talwar, Thaaltsoor, Tickoo, Ticku,Tikku, Tiku, Tikkoo, Toshkhani, Turki, Upadhyaya, Wali, Wani                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 	
Karnataka                                                     	Kannada/Tulu//Konkani/Marathi                                                     	Anchan/Hullathi/Malgi, Jammihal,Vasireddy, Srividyadhare Kateel, Savitha, Chandrashekara, Poojari or Poojary, Kotian,Suvarna, Salian, Kunder, Kukian, Karkera, Baily, Shrian, Naik, Nairi, Papanashi, Bhadranavar, Chetti, Hukkeri, Jamakhandi, Sonnad, Sannakki, Kanthi, Sinnur, Sukali, Kulkarni, Patil, Putsetra, Mayachari, Sangati, Chikkatumbal, Halemani, Hosamani, Dharawadkar, Doddamni, Jadhav, Madivalar, Hiremath, Jituri, Benakannakarvar, Torath, Talwari, Jakkannavar, Kogilagaddi, Ponarkaar, Noorkhan, Kodhanch, Bellubbli, Lohar, Basidoni, Kabadagi, Jalageri, Mallammanavar, Giddananavar, Menashinakayi, Ullagaddi, Bhajentri, Nadkarni, Nadig, Nadgir, Rao, Nayak, Gaonkar, Rai, Shetty, Heggade, Alva, Dhore, Raya, Gondkar, Huded, Datanal, Kallanagowdar, Moily, Marigodar, Wali, Walishettar, Dundur, Dixit, Dasar, Kumbar, Jolad, Hoskeri, Hubli, Uppin, Bapakar, Badni, Badanikai, Hanchinal, Karanth, Holla, Aithal, Athani, Turamri, Gourishetty, Hurkadli, Akki, Kalal, Chatnis, Khatawakar, Bargi, Kadni, Kabboor, Reddy, Yadav, Dasegouda, Bhandarkar, Padki, Dasannanavar, Simi, Belgavi, Naravatte, Navalagi, Bellad, Malagi, Shettar, Goudar, Gowda, Hegde, Udupa, Handhe, Shasthri, Kamath, Shanbhag, Shanubhogue, Murthy, Aithal, Hebbar,Bangera,honavar, Tantry, Pai, Upadhya, Prabhu, Kini, Bijapur, Veerapur, Devarmani, Gangannavar, Kattimani, Math, Tatpatti, Akkur, Jambagi, Khavatekar, Beedi, Zalaki, Hallur, Negalur, Hondadakatti, Itagi, Koluvailu, Hosagrahara, Naregal, Paramshetti, Kanthi, Iyengar, Padukone, Lingayat Setty, Pandit, Puthran, Nayaka, Anna, Swami, Eshwar, Bahudur, Deshpande, Wodeyar, Prasad, Rao, Sheshadri, Shet, Raikar, Revenkar, Vernekar, Hosmath, Anvekar, Bargali, Barigali, Kadakol, Godkhindi, Panchamukhi, Kudva, Radhakrishna, Hampannavar, Achar, Ganiga                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       	
Kerala                                                        	Malayalam                                                                         	Achari, Adikal, Adiyodi, Anthony, Asaan, Bhattathiri, Chakyar, Channar, Chekavan, Chekavar, Chovan, Eradi,Ezhuthachan, Ilayath, Kaimal, Kani, Kanikkar Kartha,  Kurukkal, Kurup, Kutty, Kunju, Marar, Menon, Moosad, Moothan, Menachery, Nair, Nambeesan, Nambi, Nambiar, Namputiri, Nayanar, Nayar, Nedungadi, Palatty, Pandala, Panikkar, Payankan, Pillai, Pisharadi, Porathur, Pothuval, Pulikkottil, Pulickal, Samoothiri, Sharma, Thampi, Unni, Unnithan, Unnithiri, Vaidyan, Vaidyar, Valiathan, valiyaveetil, Valodi, Variar, Varma.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         	
Lakshadweep                                                   	Mahl, Malayalam                                                                   	Bee, Beefan, Boo, Didi, Fan, Fulhu, Kader, Kalaminja, Kalinga, Kavah, Kavya, Koi, Koya, Manik, Manika, Manike, Manikfan, Naha, Raha, Rana, Tarkan, Thakhan, Thakur, Thakurfan, Veer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 	
Madhya Pradesh                                                	Hindi                                                                             	Shuklas, Chandels,  Chandratre, Chandratreya, Chaubey, Chouhan, Chourey , Dixit, Goyal, Gurjar, Jadhav, Jaitley, Kalsangrah, Kushwaha, Maurya, Mishra, Patel, Patidar, Raghuwanshi, Scindia, Shandilya, Sihote, Singh, Moghe, Chauksey, Choksey, Jaiswal, Gupta, Jain, Nema, Tiwari, Passi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           	
Maharashtra                                                   	Marathi, Konkani                                                                  	Adhikari, Aatole, Adve, Apte, Aadekar, Adivarekar, Ambekar, Adke, Agarkar, Ajgaonkar, Ankalikar, Athawale, Akolkar, Arondekar, Avchat,Barkade, Balphatak, Bartakke, Barve, Bagawe, Baggonkar,Banait, Barmase, Bhote Bhogale, Bhole, Bhujbal, Bapat, Bobde,Bombarde, Borkar, Belsare, Bendre, Berde, Bhat, Bhosale, Bhatwadekar,Bhaitkar, Bhatkar, Bhomkar, Chandekar, Chandratre, Chandratreya, Chavan,Charpe, Chapekar, Chourey, Chitnis, Chitre, Chhatre, Chindarkar, Chiplunkar, Chitale, Chaudhari, Dagade, Dahibhate, Damle, Dande, Dehadray, Dehade, Date, Desai, Deoghar, Devalekar, Devghare, Deo, Dalvi, Dharap, Dhamdhere, Dhamne, Diwadkar, Dhadve, Divekar,Dongre, Doiphode, Doke. Deshmukh, Deshpande, Deshmane, Dandekar, Dixit, Dandvate, Dhamale,Deokate,Dhaiygude ,Dhanawade, Dabhekar, Dhobale, Dhuri, Dukhande, Durgude, Ekbote, Fule, Fulzele, Fulpagare, Fulmali, Fulsundar, Gabale, Gadkari, Gavaskar, Gawali, Gawde, Gavhane, Gadhe, Ganjawala, Gondkar, Gaonkar, Godse, Gokhale, Gore, Govatrikar, Ghadge, Gholap, Gaitonde, Ghatge, Govekar, Gowarikar, Gadre, Gavade, Gosavi, Gadgil, Gupte, Ghurye, Gurav, Ghemad, Hagavane,Hambi, Hardas, Hardikar,Harnol, Indulkar, Inarkar, Jadhav, Jagtap,Jawale, Jawalkar, Jaykar, Joshi, Jagdale, Jichkar, Jambhale, Javkar, Kadu, Kadam, Kanade, Kajale, Kale, Kalgude, Kalyani, Kamerkar, Kanphade, Kapale, Karade, Kapse, Karkare, Karmarkar, Karve, Kashikar, Kekade, Kekde, Khot, Kharche, Khatmode, Khochare,Kokare, Kolhe, Korgaonkar, Kulkarni, Karvande, Kamat, Karkhanis, Karkare, Karulkar, Katote, Kendre, Keskar, Kerkar, Khanavkar,khade ,Khutarakar, Khanolkar, Khote, Kothare, Khadye, Kotwal, Kohojkar, Kamane, Kamble, Kanvinde, Kanitkar, Khare, Khale, Kirtikar, Kokate, Koli, Kshirsagar, Kulkarni, Kurlekar, Lale,Lagu, Lakhe, Lomate, Lad, Lele, Lokhande, Limaye, Lotalikar, Madke, Mali, Mahadik, Mandlik, Madiwal, Mahamuni, Mahendrakar, Manjrekar, Mane, Marathe, Mature, Mehendale, Meshram, Modak, Moharir, Munde, Muzumdar, Murkute, Mhatre, Mone, Muley, More, Mohite, Mahimkar, Masurkar, Nale, Nandre, Naokar, Naik, Nadkarni, Nagarnaik, Nakhare, Namjoshi, Nasre, Nemane, Nene, Nimkar, Nimbhorkar, Nerurkar, Ogale, Padwal, Padawal, Parkar, Parab, Patil, Pawar, Desai, Nikam, Borase, Desale Patkar, Paranjape, Parkarvarkar, Pandit, Pawgi, Pednekar, Phutane, Pilgaonkar, Pitale, Potdukhe, Powar, Prabhu, Pujari, Pulekar, Palekar, Phule, Pisal, Pendse, Pethe, Phadake, Phakale, Phatak, Pathak, Parte,Parkhe, Patankar, Pathare, Pattalwar, Pendharkar, Potdar, Potnis, Pudke, Rane, Rege, Raje, Rahate, Ratnalikar, Ratnaparakhi,Raul, Rupnwar, Ranganekar, Rasam, Ranade, Rachmale, Revankar, Risbud,  Sahasrabudhe,  Sakarkar, Salvi, Samant, Samudre, Sarvade, Sarode, Satalkar, Satam, Sawant, Salunkhe, Saundekar, Sawardekar, Shahane, Sane, Sonawane, Shambharkar, Sukhtankar, Shetye, Shedekar, Shirke, Shiwde, Shravande, Sonarkar, Soparkar, Sonvalkar, Shinde, Shirsat, Shedge, Surve, Suryawanshi, Takle, Talpade, Taksande, Tambe, Tawde, Tembe, Tannu, Tendulkar, Tilak, Todankar, Utekar, Vadabhaat,Vartak, Vichare, Vidwans, Vanjare, Vasta, Vaze, Vengurlekar, Vinze, Watwe, Wagh, Waghmode, Waghmare, Waingankar, Warnekar, Yele, Yadav, Zare, Zarekar, Zope, Zende, Zantye, Zarapkar, Zupke, Nanoty	
Manipur                                                       	Meetei, Paite-kuki, Mizo, Hmar, Thadou-Kuki, Tangkhul, Kabui, chothe-kuki, Milhiem	Ningthoujam, Rajkumar, Maharajkumar, Yumnam, Thokchom, Konsam, Seram, Ahanthem, Atom, Potshangbam, Chakpram, Nandeibam, Oinam, Senjam, Konjengbam, Aribam, Nameirakpak, Keithellakpam, Laishram, Konthoujam, Naorem, Irom, Thunaojam, Aheibam, Thangjam, Chirom, Loitongbam, Tongbram, Yendembam, Lourembam, Sinam, Wangkhem, Moirangthem, Sadokpam, Yumkhaibam, Yambem, Athokpam, Pheiroijam, Soibam, Gurumayum, Laishangbam, Lairikyengbam, Phanjoubam, Ayekpam, Khudrakpam, Khwairampam, Lairenjam, Kakyenlakpam, Hijam, Nongthombam, Akoijam, Ingudam, Kakchingtabam, Yengkhom, Haobijam, Okram, Maibam, Irengbam, Ayekpam, Ahanthem, kangabam, Nongmaithem, Mayangbam, Khumukcham, Thoidingjam, Irungbam, Kshetrimayum, Makakmayum, Huidrom, Nepram, Khuraijam, Sarangthem, Thingujam, Ningombam, Takhellambam, Sapam, Sagolsem, Kongrailatpam, Wangmayum, Angom, Wangkheimayum, Keisham, Wahengbam, Naoroibam, Chandam, Chingshubam, Khulakpam, Longjam, Sanasam, Sarungbam, Nahakpam, Arambam, Kharibam, Pukhrambam, Leitanthem, Yumkham, Waikhom, Chabungbam, Thoudam, Nongmeikapam, Salam, Phurailakpam, Phurailatpam, Yaikhom, Leitam, Mudum, Laiphrakpam, Brahmacharimayum, Thongkhongmayum, Khaidem, Khangjarakpam, Thokchom, Gurujaribam, Heisnam, Ngangom, Konjengbam, Khomdram, Rupam, Takhelmayum, Ngasepam, Makakmayum, Khongbantabam, Lukram, Laithangbam, Bramahcharimayum, Yumkhaibam, Mayengbam, Mayanlambam, Hemma, Khoinaijam, Khoinam, Khumallambam, Konthoujam, Sandham, Keisham, Chongtham, Hawaibam, Loitongbam, Karam, Keisham, Thiyam, Abujam, Soram, Khoirom, Akham, Elangbam, Toijam, Thoubalmayum, Soibam, Laithangbam, Usham, Kongkham, Acharjamayum, Mayengbam, Kharibam, Hidangmayum, Khumanthem, Mandharmayum, Mainam, Meinam, Irungbam, Sorokhaibam, Lairenlakpam, Heikrujam, Khangembam, Yumkham, Sandam, Mairembam, Lairenjam, Warekpam, Sukham, Lisham, Pangambam, Laitonjam, Maibram, Lambalmayum, Kangujam, Chabungbam, Chingakham, Ngangbam, Suagurumayum, Huiningshumbam, Mandharamayum, Thingom, Thingnam, Thoidingjam, Angomjambam, Amakcham, Yumlembam, Laimayum, Ukmabam, Leiphrakpam, Khangjarakpam, Phuritsabam, Moirangmayum, Langpoklakpam, Toujam, Konjengbam, Taorem, Samjetsabam, Khuyenthem, Yensenbam, Kangjam, Huirem, Leishangthem, Takenjam, Takhellambam, Hanglem, Thaoroijam, Amom, Langpoklakpam, Soubam, Laikhuram, Leishangbam, Khullem, Khundrakpam, Tonambam, Koijam, Ngairangbam, Khundongbam, Haobam, Soyam, Lousigam,
Thounaojam, Phurem, Phirem, Sharungbam, Pharembam, Konthoujam, Thongram, Torongbam,  Asem, Yumrembam, Khoisnam, Hajarimayum, Kongbam, Pangshatabam, Khonbaltabam, Thongam, Hidam, Yendrambam, Shairem, Soraisam, Adhikarimayum, Phamdom, Maharabam, Chingtham, Phijam, Maikam, Heigrujam, Brajabashimayum, Yurembam, Kayenpaibam, Chingangbam, Murtum, Shijagurumayum, Maimom, Huirongbam, Arubam, Mutum, Langam, Leimapokpam, Wairokpam, Leimajam, Paonam, Uriksibam, Urikhinbam, Wangjam, Khumujam, Chanambam, Samom, Maitham, Ngasekpam, Sougrakpram, Chungkham, Meitram, Loktongbam, Pebam,  Leihaornogbam, Shaikhom, Hanjabam, Yurenjam, Khumbongmayum, Laikangbam, Thongbam, Pichimayum, Chingsubam, Watham, Ningthoukhongjam, Elam, Yensehenbam, Mandingbam, Sougaijam, etc. for more detail please see Yumnak.
Among Hill tribal communities Kamei, Haokip, Kipgen, Paomei, Kim, Purum, Lupho, Liangmai, Lupheng, Chothe, Misao, Tarao, Keishing, Vaiphei, Baite, Mao, Singson, Singsit, Sitkil, Ralte, Guite, Dapzar, Bukpi, Thomte, Valte, Varte, Khawlhring, Sailo, Tunglut, Thiek, Darngawn, Gangte, Sithlou, Simte, Vaiphei, Zou, Colney, Khiangte, Pudaite, Sinate, Lunkim, Anal, Zeme, Kom, Koireng, Hangsing, Aimol, Moyon, Kabui, Monsang, Mate, Lhanghal, Muivah, Rongmei, Lenthang, Maram, Maring, Hungyo, Doungel, chiru, touthang, Tuboi, Sumpi, Sitlhou, Lamkang, Rongmei, Singson, Khaute, Saiza, Shimray, Chongloi, Khongsai, Chakhesang, Khoibu, Milhiem, Paomei, Koirao, Lhungdim, Zeliang, Thangneo.  etc.	
Mizoram                                                       	Mizo                                                                              	Ailet, Anu, Arte, Bairek, Baleng, Bawm, Bawitlung, Bawngcher, Biate, Bungsut, Bungsut, Chalbawk, Chalchiang,  Chalchung, Chalsawp, Chaltum, Chapi, Chawnchhin, Chawngtual, Chawnthang, Chawngthu, Chhakawm, Chhakchhuak, Chhangte, Chhanzo,  Chhiarchuang, Chhiarkim, Chhinghlu, Chhuanhu, Chhunghleh, Chhunthang, Chiangkhai, Chiangthir, Chinzah, Chuangeng, Chuanglawk, Chuauhang, Chuaungo, Colney, Damphut, Dap, Darkim, Doubul, Engkai, Engkhung, Fanai, Gangte, Guite, Haizang, Hangdem, Haudim, Hauhnar, Hauhniang, Hauphut, Hausel, Hauthual, Hauvawng, Hawthai, Helhlah, Hilthang, Hlamvel, Hlawnchhing, Hluancheu, Hmaimawk, Hmarchaphang, Hmundin, Hnamte, Hnawtkhel, Hnawtsut, Holut, Hrangkhawl, Hranglung, Hratchhum,  Hualkhung, Hualngo, Hualthang, Kaihlek, Kaihpeng, Kawilam, Kawlawi, Kawlni, Kawltung, Kawlvawm, Kawrbawng, Keuluk, Khawlhring, Khelhau, Khelte, Khenglawt, Khiangte, Khonghawr, Khuangsai, Khumchiang , Khumtung, Kipawm, Kulsep, Langkaih, Langrawng, Lautu, Lawisut, Lawnghau, Lehvung, Leihang, Lelchhun, Luahphung, Lutmang, Manglut, Mawlsawm, Miram , Mualthuam, Mirem, Pachuau, Pang , Pautu, Pawih, Ralte, Rangte, Renghang , Rengngo, Rengsi ,Renthlei, Saihmar, Sailo, Sakechep, Saphaw, Sawithang, Seldam, Selpeng, Senthang, Siakeng, Siakhang, Sim, Thangachep, Thangbung, Thangbur, Thangkawp, Thangsiam, Thasum, Thatchhing, Thawmlo, Tipawm, Tlanglau, Tlau, Tlosai, Tualthang, Tukhum, Tunglei, Uikhawl, Vanchhawng, Vangtual, Vankeu,  Varte, Vawngsual, Vohang, Vohlu, Vyty, Zahau, Zahlei , Zangiat, Zathang, Zaucha, Zongai, Zongte, Zophei, Zyhno,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       	
Orissa                                                        	Oriya                                                                             	Jena, Acharya,Biswal, Chandratre, Chandratreya, Dalai, Dakua, Patro, Pattnaik, Samantray, Subuddhi, Samal,Sasmal, Satpathy, Dutta, Das, Mohanty, Sahoo, Sahu, Pati, Dash, Mishra, Sarangi,Kar,Mahanty, Rout, Ray, Pani, Rath, Tripathy, Naik, Nayak, Patra, Mohanta, Singh Deo, Senapati, Sandha, Bagh, Hati, Paschimakabata, Uttarakabat, Dakshinakabata, Gochhayata, Singh, Raj, Khandayata, Dehuri, Basantaray, Behera, Kaibarta, Sadangi, Panda, Mahapatra, Moharana, Misra, Mahakuda, Mali, Jani, Khora, Khosla, Kuldeep, Nag, Bag,  Muduli,Chowdhury, Amantya, Samarth, Pujari, Dalpati,   Balbantray, Chhotray, Paikray, Paltasing, Baliarsing, Sundara, Ojha, Choudhry, Samantsinghar, Pradhani,   Mahapatra, Parija, Parida, Sabat,Samant,Bahinipati,Palo, Sethi, Mallick, Pradhan, Guru, Padhi, Panigrahi,Dora,Dangayat, Dandpatt, Garhnayak,Bhanja, Bhanjadeo, Deo, Nanda, Swain,Jagatray,
(Tribal People)- Kantabali, Nandibali, Alang, Guntha, Dhangadamajhi, Tading, Bajing,Khalpadia, Mading, Badnayak, Disari,Bhumia,Gadaba,Saura, Baliputia, Arlab, Petia, Badaputia, Mastiputia, Penthia, Garahandiya, Randhari, Bagderia, Kulsika, Challan, Minyakka, Wadaka, Mandinga, Pidika, Bidika, Pusika, Melka, Hikka, Sirika,Nisikia, Badatasia, Kisani, Sisa, Pangi, Injel, Banda, Halang, Padam, Golari, Badam, Karlia, Ghosarlia, Kendu, Gatam, Mattam, Mari, Bitu, Tangali,  Harijan, Gouda, Sisa, Sorabu, Ganda, Komra, Pentana, Khemundu, Kadraka, Mangaria, Mangraj, Gemel, Kadamgudia, Murja, Sirkarlia, Pukia, Siya, Swain,  Hantala, Bisoi, Chati, Chapadi, Kandulphul, Ghiuria, Udalbadiya, Tudu, Hembram, Besra, Oram, Kulu, Kerketa, Ekka, Lakra,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            	
Punjab                                                        	Punjabi                                                                           	Arora, Agrawal,Kakkar,Kakar, Anand,Brar, Bains, Bedi, Chahal, Chauhan, Chopra, Deol, Dhariwal, Dhillon, Dhindsa, Dutt, Dutta, Gill, Grewal, Gupta, Kamboj, Kapoor, Kaur, Kharoud, Kohli, Maan, Malhotra, Mehra, Nanda, Rathore, Saini, Tiwari Seth, Sharma, Singh, Passi,Sood, Sethi, Mahajan, Ahluwalia, Handa, Johar, Rampal, Poonia,Kanojia, Dutta, Baga, Sidhu, Sandhu, Bharardwaj, Singhal, Nehwal, Sachar, Mehta, Mehra, Tuteja, Juneja, Makija, Bopara, Manesar, Gambhir, Cheema, Lutra, Bhatia, Jhooti, Rekhi, Thapar, Thapa, Roshan, Devgan, Jindal, Latti, Bhatti, Kukreja, Singh, Sharma,Sareen ,Moudgil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  	
Sikkim                                                        	Nepali, Tibetan                                                                   	Bhutia, Chetri, Subba, Rai, Limbu, Dolma, Dorjee, Sungte, Lhamo, Dolkar, Gayphell, Chodon, Yangzom.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  	
Tamil Nadu                                                    	Tamil                                                                             	Achari, Chettiar, Fernandes,Vasireddy, Gounder, Iyengar, Iyer, Udayar, Moopanar, Kuyavar, Kudumban, Lebbai, Maraikayar,  Mudaliar, Nadar, Naicker, Pillai, Prabakar, Poobalarayar, Rowther, Thevar, Vellalar, Vishwakarma, Ambalakarar, Thondaiman, Adigaman, Malayaman, Paluvettaraiyar Vallavaraiyar, Sethurayar, Thanjaraayar, kurusar, Pallavaraayar, Vandayar, Etrandaar, Vaanavaraayar, Servai,  Thevar, Soma Naicker, Muniyarayar, Kallathil Venrar, Nattar, Manrayar, Cholagar, Chozhangaraayar, Kandiyar, Mazhavaraayar, Srinivasan, Subramaniam, Ramachandran, Chari, Venkatraman, Chandrasekar, Venkatramanan, Raman, Krishnamurthi, Raja.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                	
Uttar Pradesh                                                 	Hindi                                                                             	Chandratre, Chandratreya, Varshney, Agarwal,Dukale, Tripathi, Kudeshia, Srivastava, Jain, Kapoor, Mishra, Pandey, Pilkhwal, Bhatnagar, Dixit, Dwivedi, Trivedi, Chaturvedi, Tandon, Gupta, Goel, Garg, Malhotra, Verma, Kushwaha, Maurya,Mourya, Nigam, Vajpai, Sharma, Johri, Saxena, Singhal, Sinha, Chopra, Mehra, Mehrotra, Mittal, Mathur, Jalota, Awasthi, Singh, Shakya, Shrivastava, Rai, Sankrityayan.Passi, Tiwari,Shahi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   	
West Bengal, Tripura                                          	Bengali                                                                           	Acharya, Adhikari, Aich, Ain, Ash, Baag, Bagchi, Baidya, Bakshi, Bandyopadhyaya/Banerjee, Banik, Basak, Barman / Burman, Barua, Bappary, Bhadra, Bhanja, Bhar, Bhatta, Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee, Bhattanarayana-Bid, Bhowmik, Bhuiyan, Biswas, Boral, Bose/Basu, Brahma, Brahmachari, Chakladar, Chakraborty, Chanda, Chandra, Chandratre, Chandratreya, Chanda, Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Choudhuri/Chaudhuri/Choudhury, Dam, Daha, Das, Dasgupta, Dasbiswas, Dastidar, Deb/Dev, Debnath, Dey/De, Dhar, Datta/Dutta, Dutta-Gupta, Dutta-Ray, Duari, Gangopadhyaya/Ganguly, Gaur, Ghatak, Ghosh, Ghosh-Dastidar, Ghoshal, Goswami, Guha, Guha Neogi, Guha Roy, Guhathakurta, Gunin, Gupta, Haldar, Hazra, Hor, Hui, Indu, Jana, Kabiraj, Kar, Karmakar, Kolapatra, Kumar, Kumhor, Kundu, Laha, Lahiri, Maitra, Maity, Majumdar, Mal, Malla, Majhi, Malakar, Mallick, Mandal, Manna, Maulik, Misra, Mitra, Mukhopadhyaya/Mukherjee, Munshi, Nag, Nandan, Nandy, Naskar, Neogi, Pakrashi,Pal, Paul, Palit, Parui, Pathak, Patwary, Poddar, Poriya, Porel, Pradhan, Pramanik, Rakshit Ray, Roy/Ray, Raychowdhury/Ray Chaudhuri, Rudra, Sadhukhan, Saha, Samaddar, Samanta, Sana, Santra, Sanyal, Sarbhan, Sarkar, Sen, Sengupta, Sensharma, Sharma, Shastry, Shikdar, Sinha/Shingha, Som, Sur, Swar, Talukdar, Talapatra, Thakur/Tagore, Tiwary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      	
Goa                                                           	Konkani                                                                           	Khorjuvekar, Chodankar,Govekar,Salgaonkar,Usgaonkar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  	-
Bihar                                                         	Bhojpuri/Magahi/Awadhi                                                            	Gupta, Singh, Jha, Shah, Mishra, Prasad, Panday, Dubey, Trivedi, Tiwary, Upadhyay, Ojha, Singh,shahi,ojha,rai,chaudhry,mahato                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        	
and also this was floating homeless at the bottom:
These are Telugu surnames thus this is Telangana because AP is already taken
Krothapalli, pavuluri,Pesala,Reddy,Alluri,Potti, Komaram ,Marri ,Tanguturi ,Kaloji,Jalagam ,Puchalapalli , Pingali,Burgula ,Banoth, Meka, Ramavath,Nandamuri,Vasireddy,Kamarapu, Samarla, Devineni, Vangaveeti, Paritala, Konidela, Nimmakayala, Daggubati, Atluri, Barlapudi, Vokshani, Chevuri, Ravuru, Sirugudi, Chandamalla, Mamuduri, Kodhati, Jakkala, Pillarishetty, Appani, Gayam, Jasti, Vemulapalli, Anumula, Asuri, Nallanchakravarthula, Alaparthi, Gunti, Danaboyina, Gadde, Paila , Ethrouthu, Gurrla, Boini, Ankem, Karnati, Kalluri, Medam, Ginjupalli, Kadiyala, Kavuri, Kotla, Kondragunta, Thupalli, Raavi, Mandava, Chiguluri, Mukkamala, Musunuri, Gurram, Vangala, Yarlagadda, Marella, Maddala, Anantaneni, Ponna, Gollapinni, Mummidi, Anumolu, Bulusu, Nalluru, Bhagavatula, Chaganti, Chaparala, Cherukuri,Garudadri, Mullapudi, Gollapudi, Tanikella, Kovelamudi, Sripada, Vempati, Nutulapati, Nomula, Davuluri, Vemuri, Allu, Tunuguntla, Thanneeru, Lakamalla, Damacherla, Thalari, Marri, Pati, Akula, Chinthamalla, Munnangi, Mamidala, Mandaloju, Sreegiri, Srishti, Vundavalli, Vanapalli, Varre, Ragampudi, Mutyala, Pinnamaneni, Pendyala, Panuganti, Ponnala, Podile, Potini, Kolli, Guntupalli, Yadlapati, Yalamanchi, Raavi, Jagarlamudi, Vadlamudi, Polisetty, Gali, Chebrolu, Nidumolu, Gundapaneni, Malladi, Achanta, Yellapragada, Akkineni, Atluri, Gandhamaneni, BellamKonda, Kakumani, Madanu, Gunda, Charugundla, Tulabandu, Vakalapudi, Thota, Eguri, Pasala, Sheikh, Mohammed, Rebbapragada, Chagantipati, Gorthi, Metta, Nara, Somarothu, Sajja, Gaddam, Yandamuri, Kunapareddy, Neeradi,Dhepalli, Annimalle,Dachepalli.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.201.33.151 (talk) 06:16, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed name table 

message: There is an incomplete sentence at the beginning ending in "...[fami]ly and friends."  Please update this text when you can.  204.92.65.10 (talk) 14:26, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oriya Names 

message: (which is basically everything on the page).
As with all articles about India, people apparently think they can just stumble on this page and add some random factoid about their village or family off the top of their head. 
The result is what we get here: An article that is worse than useless.
This is not how things work at all. We want a coherent article entirely based on verifiable references.
WP:V,WP:CITE,WP:RS.
Sometimes the only thing that can be done is starting over. This is just a heads up that I will remove all information on this page that isn't directly referenced to some identifiable source. --dab (𒁳) 14:37, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Did it help? —Tamfang (talk) 19:41, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This reminds me of the ancient Greek philosopher who decided one day that he would only say what he could be certain of: eventually he was reduced to silently pointing with a finger. That would be the outcome of the Marie Kondo process of which our deletionists are so enamoured. For them, nothing is more satisfying than a thorough evacuation, at the cost of removing the "encyclo-" element from our "encyclopaedia." NRPanikker (talk) 11:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: removing all unreferenced information

message: Please correct the odia name Padmini Dalai. It is a full name of a lady,not a surname. So kindly correct that . And also this language is not 'oriya' ,its been changed to 'odia' officially. So please correct that also. Thank you Ramya rath (talk) 16:05, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  the name PADMINI DALAI in odia names. 

message: :
Guidowalla = Londoner?  Is this vandalism, or an allusion going over my head? Whatever, I rewrote the passage and removed that example. —Tamfang (talk) 19:40, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guido? 

message: Legally, in India, Given Name is not same as First Name. Given Name in Indian passports is explicitly First Name, Middle Name. Maybe, it is better to replace the words Given Name in the article at most places with First Name?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solomonsunder (talk • contribs) 09:21, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Given Name is not synonymous with First Name 

message: I'm not very active. But, looks like some vandalism is going on here. Previous version seems to be completely wiped off now. I vaguely remember that previous versions were covered in some Indian newspapers and magazines, especially The Hindu. Also, previous version was very useful to decode correct name of Viswanathan Anand, P. Chidambaram, etc. Someone please take care and restore these useful contents. Rrjanbiah (talk) 10:49, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: All Unsourced and Unreliable info went out. Check history. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:48, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: None of them were unreliable and were covered in The Hindu as well. Especially, the naming issues are frequently covered in The Hindu https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Athehindu.com+initials+passport --Rrjanbiah (talk) 08:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible vandalism 

message: The pronunciation section is an absolute mess. It's basically incomprehensible. Anybody know where to even begin fixing it? I can't find a good starting point and I don't know any of the languages generally used in India other than English so I don't really want to mess with inserting the IPA there.
Acolossus | Talk | Contributions 20:12, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation Section 

message: Why do some Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi people use different names with extra or fewer letters?
I've noticed it happens a lot, and they alternate between the 2 names themselves, depending on the subject.
For example there's a guy I've just stumbled across right now who works for the BBC, and does his own independent work for himself or other people, who's done various jobs over the last 7 years as a cinematographer, a grip, a cameraman, a technical operator, an editor, an archivist, an assistant floor manager, an art department assistant, a boom operator, a runner, a social media manager, a radio producer, a radio presenter etc
On his LinkedIn, and TalentManager profiles, along with a BBC news article video he appears in he uses the name Usmaan.
But on his Facebook, Twitter, and Wordpress profiles, along with a Televisual news article he uses the name Usman.
Which one is his real name, as in the name that he was born with?
Danstarr69 (talk) 04:08, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably عثمان in :Urdu. Either Usman or Usmaan would be a reasonable transliteration; neither necessarily more "real" than the other. See also :Uthman (name). Basically, it's because the name in Roman letters is a rough approximation. For some languages written in non-Roman scripts, there's one or more standard ways of transliterating (e.g. Japanese has Hepburn, Kunrei-shiki & others); but often that doesn't help, because you could pick a different standard and end up with a different result. Why does this particular Usman use different transliterations in different places? No idea. - Ryk72 talk 04:23, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extra/Fewer letters 

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Interesting; could be clearer.  Does "starts with a selected name" mean the lunar name precedes the rest of the name? or that it is used as a base for a compound, or similar? Or something else entirely?
Does "selected" imply that for each naxatra there are multiple names from which to choose? —Tamfang (talk) 05:31, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  horoscope name 

message: Like the Telugu names, in general, the surname (mostly of a place, village, town etc.) is prevalent in the other Southern States too. For example, in Tamil Nadu : Arcot Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar, Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayan(aswami), Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Madurai Subramanian Swamy, etc. In some of such names, the second or middle name is usually the father's name.                                                                                                          Similarly, In Karnataka : Haradanahalli Doddegowda Devegowda, Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa, Kengal Hanumanthiah, Kaddal Manjappa etc.                                                                                                                                                                                   Also in Kerala : Mambillikalthil Govindakumar Menon, Pinarayi Vijayan, Erambala Krishnan Nayanar, Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiyar etc. In some cases, the second or middle name could be mother's name (in Kerala State). S.guntur (talk) 22:48, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surnames in South India :