The Kayastha Community in India is spread thin into various states. The easiest identification is the last (surname) name. However, over the period, many new names have evolved.
We attempt, here, to provide an exhaustive list of surnames etc. being used by Kayasthas in various states {we’d like to put on record that the list appearing here under may have some missing family names. We will appreciate if the same is brought to the notice of this web-site so as to make the information appearing herein concurrent and correct.}
List of North Indian Kayasthas (Native to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar)
We attempt, here, to provide an exhaustive list of surnames etc. being used by Kayasthas in various states {we’d like to put on record that the list appearing here under may have some missing family names. We will appreciate if the same is brought to the notice of this web-site so as to make the information appearing herein concurrent and correct.}
List of North Indian Kayasthas (Native to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar)
- Srivastava
- Mathur
- Saxena
- Bhatnagar
- NIgam
- Asthana
- Gaur
- Karna
- Suradhwaja
- Balmiki
- Patnaik
- Kanungo
- Bihiyar
- Mohanti
- Naidu
- Pataskar
- Barva
- Chakravarty
- Baid
- Mahanti/Mohanty
List of Maharashtra surname (Native to various regions of Maharashtra)
- Chandra Seniya
- Thackeray
- Pathare
- Pathekar
- Karkhanis
- Pharnis
- Polanis
- Vanis
- Hazirnarsis
- Mokasi
- Chitnavis
- Kotnis
- Chitre
- Gupte
- Mathrey
- Deshpande
- Karore
- Donde
- Tamhane
- Dighe
- Sule
- Raje
- Sangle
- Mohite
- Tungare
- Kulkarni
- Shreedh
- Pradhan
- Jaywant
- Wamanraje
- Pharnase
- Apte
- Khyadya
- Gadkari
- Trivakraje
- Adhikari
- Samarth
- Dalvi
- Deshmukh
- Chowil
- Nadkar
- Dawalkar
- Sowankar
- Kulawkar
List of Bengali Kayastha Surnames (Native to West Bengal)
- Tar
- Ghora/ Ghorai/ Ghorami
- Kuila
- Hati
- Dinda
- Simlai,
- Kuiree
- Piri/ Paria
- Bala
- Malakar/ Mal
- Pranam
- Bhokto/ Bhakto
- Mol/ Mal
- Panja
- Hatyal/ Hatial
- Pramanik
- Shrongi/ Shorongi
- Mejia
- Ghoshmaulik
- Shit
- Kanra
- Sau
- Chon
- Lodh
- Sutradhar/ Sutrodhor
- Khawas/Khaoas
- Sui
- Paira
- Paniya
- Doripa
- Maschatak
- Bishal
- Kunjal
- Kangshabani/Kongsoboni/Kangsoboni/Kongshoboni
- Kanjal
- PaRu
- Chatai
- Midda
- Samajpoti/Samajpati
List of South Indian Kayastha Surname (Native to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh only)
- Mudaliar
- Naidu
- Pillai
- Reddy
- Bal
- Karnik
- Raman
- Rao
- Menon
- Nair
- Nayyar
- Raju
- Naydu
- Pilley
- Menon
- Kayasha
List of Daman Diu/ Goa, Kayastha Surname
- Davane
- Keelen
- Pathare
List of Punjab Kayastha Surname (Native to Punjab)
- Govil
- Lahiri
- Hajela
- Raizada
- Vidyarthi
- Choudhary
- Johari
- Rawat
- Bisaria
- Sinha
- Nagpal
- Gotriy Kayastha
- Kashyap
- Bakshi
- Dutta
List of Rajasthan Kayastha Surname (Native to Rajasthan only and not Gujrat)
- Gaur
- Mathur
- Pacholi
- Srivastava Guttu
- Nandan
- Sarbhan
- Phuttu
- Mavekadanvas
- Sambhare
- Bhatnagar
- Shastri
- Prasad
List of Madhya Pradesh Kayastha Surname (Native to M.P)
- Srivastava(also Khare)
- Saxena
- Gaur
- Asthana
- Khare
List of Gujrat Kayastha Surname (Native to Gujrat)
- Chandraseni Kayastha Prabhu
- Mehta
- Vallabhji
- Balmiki
- Surajdhwaj
- Vallabhi
Please note that this is not an entirely exhaustive list but all the new surnames and very rare surnames have been covered. This has been cross checked with multiple government registries/ papers/sites.
Commendable job.
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ReplyDeleteGreat effort,Anil Saxena
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ReplyDeleteSpecial thanks to you for this noble work
ReplyDeletewhere are the Dutta's???
ReplyDeletecheck the Panjub surnames...Dutta is a Punjab surnamne
DeleteDutta is surname in Bengal
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ReplyDeleteSawant/ambasth/kulshreshth/sinha is missing ...north indian
ReplyDeleteWhere is malhoMal ?
ReplyDeleteWhere is Malhotra's
ReplyDeleteWhether Galgotia are Kayastha
ReplyDeletePlease suggest surname is sahay belongs to which cast.
ReplyDeleteSahay is also kayasth surname
DeleteSahay belongs to Ambastha kyastha native of Bihar.
DeleteNo...also Srivastav kayastha use surname SAHAY
DeleteSAHAY is used by SRIVASTAVA KAYASTHA. My forefathers used to write Sahay with their names.
DeletePlease suggest me surnames Sahay is belongs to which cast
ReplyDeleteSrivastava in bihar
DeleteSahay is the surname of srivastav in Bihar.
DeleteWhere are Majumder, Dutta, Roy, Kundu, Bhowmick, Sarkar, Paul etc. in Bengali catagory?
ReplyDeleteLot of Bengali Surnames like Guha , Mitra, Ghosh, De, etc are missing. This is awful.
ReplyDeleteBengali surnames eg. Dey, Dutta, Guha, Mitra, Ghosh, Sen, Kar is not listed
ReplyDeleteAmbastha in bihar are in very large numbers specially in magadh region. They are missing in the list.
ReplyDeleteWho has made this Bengali Kayastha surname list?? Where are kulin Kayastha surnames like Ghosh, Bose, Mitra and Guha?? Correct it ASAP.
ReplyDeleteFantastic
ReplyDeleteApart from Rajasthan & Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh, Bhatnagars also hail from Punjab particularly from Chandigarh & Ambala
DeleteSinha is missing
ReplyDeleteNone of the above surnames belongs to bengali kayasth.Writer has no information regarding this.
ReplyDeleteWhether Adekar in Maharashtra are kyastha surname ?
ReplyDeleteSahai can be from both UP and Bihar . And are Srivastava
ReplyDeleteRaizada kayasth are also in uttar pradesh..
ReplyDeleteI came across the following Kayastha Surnames
ReplyDelete1. Lal - Bihar
2. Verma - Bihar
3. Pershad - Bihar
4. I know about Andhra Pradesh. I doubt any kayasthas are with surname as Reddy, Rao or Raju. Reddy is a powerful political and farming community and they cannot be considered as Kayasthas. Rao is a very common name does not indicate any community or sect All communities have this name. Raju is commonly used by Kshatriyas but a few persons from other communities also use as Raju.
I have doubts about Nair and Pillai being in kayastha community in Tamil Nadu. First, they are from Kerala and secondly not kayastha. Please verify.
ReplyDeleteTamilnadu kayastha means issai vellalar, maruthuvar.kerala ezhavathi, kavutheeya,vadya.
DeleteTamil nadu kayasthas are only Karuneegar caste not others
ReplyDeleteMaruthuvar, issai vellalar in Tamilnadu
Deleteone who is worship Chitragupta Ji maharaj (believe descendants) should call Kayastha. so Karuneegar is Kayastha strictly not other caste from Tamilnadu
ReplyDeleteBihiyar , nandu, patsakar , chakarvarty and mohanti and mahanty does not belong to oriya karanas it's completely wrong the title spelling is mohanty and other two with ending in I and starting with MA belongs to different castes. First get it all
ReplyDeleteEven in bengali kayasthas you mixed all reli and sonar and every caste title's. Only five Ghosh, Guha , Bose ,Basu and some sarkar not all belongs to it and some Datta not Dutta are actually kayasthas. Sarkar also belongs to other castes and do also Datta. You have put the titles of different obc and sc and st together in kayasthas list first correct it.
ur right dada.
DeleteBISARIA AND BARTARIA ARE ALSO THE KYASTHA IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH
ReplyDeleteAmong Rajasthan kayastha Shastri is acemedic degree not kayastha surname
ReplyDeleteIn bihar many kayastha Srivastava use this surname (shastri)
DeleteWhy enlisting of particular caste identity? When we Indians rise above this and respect merits of individual
ReplyDeleteKarnatka surname
ReplyDeleteNayi brahmin,vadya purohit
DeleteWhat a threash and chutiye you all are to divide the people into bloods, community, caste,creed, religions, rich, poor, black, white, educated uneducated, all types of discrimination. RASCISTS IINDIAN ARE 3RD GRADE AND 3RD CLASS PEOPLE
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DeleteI really impressed with ur language.Where u found.
DeleteI really impressed with ur language.Where u found.
DeleteMaharashtra misses a surname....Jamadar
ReplyDeletehow may I access the database of the surname Nadkar of Maharashtra?
ReplyDeletemy name is Omar Ebrahim Nadkar and I'm a member of the South African generation of Nadkars. We are descendant from a little village called Sunglot on the mountains close ot Khed, Maharashtra. I have taken on the task of compiling our family tree and I have encountered a few dead-ends. does anyone know how I may access a database of the Nadkar family in any way or perhaps recommend other avenues I may pursue. I will appreciate it. sincerely, Omar.
ReplyDeleteArgal????
ReplyDeleteAs per government data kayastha not in gujarat or not..
ReplyDeleteWhere is Barua
ReplyDeleteKulshrestha is missing in the list.
ReplyDeletePlease take extra precaution when prepare. This is count as document in future and also it is help kids to pass correct information.
Need to remember half knowledge bis dangerous for any one .
Continue doing but take comments as challenge.
Great effort. Most of the comments given above seem to be correct like Ambastha not being mentioned in Bihar and Ghosh, Datta, Bose and Sarkar in Bengal. Corrections need to be done taking these recommendations.
ReplyDeleteYou should also add the surname "mahanta" in the assam section.
ReplyDeletemohanti,mahanti is there but 'mahanta' is missing
I think in south india only karuneegar or karan or karnam are only kayasthas . They are karna kayastha. Naidu , pillai , mudaliyar caste people are different i think 🤔. Author sir can you please tell me how naidu and other south castes belongs to kayastha ?? Please reply me sir 👍🏼
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ReplyDeleteSir both Chakraborty and Samajpati are brhamin titles. My title is Samajpati and I am brhamin. Also my grandfather title is Chakraborty he is also brhamin.
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ReplyDeleteIn Odisha the Surnames of Kayastha are
ReplyDeletePATNAIK,MOHANTY,DAS,KANUNGO,BOHIDAR
G.R.Patnaik
Which caste is Bartarya (from varanasi)?
ReplyDeletethank you
ReplyDeleteBhuyan, Kalita?
ReplyDeletebengali kayastha surnames are completely wrong
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