Kayastha surnames

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)

1. Srivastava
2. Mathur
3. Saxena
4. Bhatnagar
5. NIgam
6. Asthana
7. Gaur
8. Karna
9. Suradhwaja
10. Balmiki

List of Orissa and Assam Kayasthas (Native to Orrisa and Assam)

1. Patnaik
2. Kanungo
3. Bihiyar
4. Mohanti
5. Naidu
6. Pataskar
7. Barva
8. Chakravarty
9. Baid
10. Mahanti/Mohanty

List of Maharashtra surname (Native to various regions of Maharashtra)

1. Chandra Seniya  
2. Thackeray
3. Pathare
4. Pathekar
5. Karkhanis
6. Pharnis
7. Polanis
8. Vanis
9. Hazirnarsis
10. Mokasi
11. Chitnavis
12. Kotnis
13. Chitre
14. Gupte
15. Mathrey
16. Deshpande
17. Karore
18. Donde
19. Tamhane
20. Dighe
21. Sule
22. Raje
23. Sangle
24. Mohite
25. Tungare
26. Kulkarni
27. Shreedh
28. Pradhan
29. Jaywant
30. Wamanraje
31. Pharnase
32. Apte
33. Khyadya
34. Gadkari
35. Trivakraje
36. Adhikari
37. Samarth
38. Dalvi
39. Deshmukh
40. Chowil
41. Nadkar
42. Dawalkar
43. Sowankar
44. Kulawkar

List of Bengali Kayastha Surnames (Native to West Bengal)

1. Tar
2. Ghora/ Ghorai/ Ghorami
3. Kuila
4. Hati
5. Dinda
6. Simlai, 
7. Kuiree
8. Piri/ Paria
9. Bala
10. Malakar/ Mal
11. Pranam
12. Bhokto/ Bhakto
13. Mol/ Mal
14. Panja
15. Hatyal/ Hatial
16. Pramanik
17. Shrongi/ Shorongi
18.  Mejia
19. Ghoshmaulik
20. Shit
21. Kanra
22. Sau
23. Chon
24. Lodh
25. Sutradhar/ Sutrodhor
26. Khawas/Khaoas
27. Sui
28. Paira
29. Paniya
30. Doripa
31. Maschatak
32. Bishal
33. Kunjal
34. Kangshabani/Kongsoboni/Kangsoboni/Kongshoboni
35. Kanjal
36. PaRu
37. Chatai
38. Midda
39. Samajpoti/Samajpati

List of South Indian Kayastha Surname (Native to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh only)

1. Mudaliar
2. Naidu
3. Pillai
4. Reddy
5. Bal
6. Karnik
7. Raman
8. Rao
9. Menon
10. Nair
11. Nayyar
12. Raju
13. Naydu
14. Pilley
15. Menon
16. Kayasha

List of Daman Diu/ Goa, Kayastha Surname

1. Davane
2. Keelen
3. Pathare

List of Punjab Kayastha Surname (Native to Punjab)

1. Govil
2. Lahiri
3. Hajela
4. Raizada
5. Vidyarthi
6. Choudhary
7. Johari
8. Rawat
9. Bisaria
10. Sinha
11. Nagpal
12. Gotriy Kayastha
13. Kashyap
14. Bakshi
15. Dutta

List of Rajasthan Kayastha Surname (Native to Rajasthan only and not Gujrat)

1. Gaur
2. Mathur
3. Pacholi
4. Srivastava Guttu
5. Nandan
6. Sarbhan
7. Phuttu
8. Mavekadanvas
9. Sambhare
10. Bhatnagar
11. Shastri
12. Prasad

List of Madhya Pradesh Kayastha Surname (Native to M.P)

1. Srivastava(also Khare)
2. Saxena
3. Gaur
4. Asthana
5. Khare

List of Gujrat Kayastha Surname (Native to Gujrat)

1. Chandraseni Kayastha Prabhu
2. Mehta
3. Vallabhji
4. Balmiki
5. Surajdhwaj
6. 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.