Bisht is a surname found in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and country Nepal. The term "Bisht" originally referred to someone who held a land grant from the government. The Bisht families in Uttarakhand were chiefly Thokdars(Zamindars) of Thuljat origin. In Uttrakhand, Bishts are generally Kshatriya Rajputs. In Nepal, Bisht was adopted as a surname by Raute and Raji people. Bishta, as Bista, was also used as a surname used by Khas people, group under the caste Chhetri.
Sangwan is a surname of the Jat people found in the Indian state Haryana and UttarPradesh.
Viswanathan is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe", + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
Chaudhary is a common surname in the Indian subcontinent and Pakistan, originally derived from an Indian hereditary title. "Chaudhary" is a term adapted from the Sanskrit word caturdhara, literally "holder of four". 'Chaudhary' was first bestowed by the various rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, and the custom was continued by the breakaway Bengal Sultanate. Later, the Mughals and the Nawabs conferred the same title in great numbers. Chaudharies were "local magnates" responsible for land taxes alongside an amil and a karkun (accountant) in the local-level administrative units known as parganas.
Kapadia is a surname common in India and Pakistan. The name literally translates into "fabric maker". Traditionally, it included people involved in the textiles industry. Notable people with the surname Kapadia include:
Fabiani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Harish Chaudhary, popularly known as "Harishji" in his Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, is a farmer leader and politician serving as the incharge of Indian National Congress organisation in Punjab and Chandigarh and Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Baytu constituency of Barmer district in Rajasthan as an Indian National Congress party candidate which he won in the 2018 legislative assembly elections. He has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Revenue, Colonization and Water Cooperation of Rajasthan for about 3 years. He had won Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency in Rajasthan. But in 2014 elections, he lost. He was National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee till 2014–2019.
Shome is a Bengali Hindu surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gaonkar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mahto or Mahato is a surname used by several castes and communities in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha in India. Mahato is also a popular surname in Nepal. In the zamindari villages, "Mahto" was a title given to the headman of a village ward. The mahto's duties were to maintain peace in his area, and collect revenue for the zamindar. In Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand, including in the Oraon tribal society, Mahato was historically a title of the village chief. In Bihar, the surname Mahto is primarily used by people belonging to Kushwaha caste. While in Jharkhand, it is a term most often associated with Koeri and Kurmi caste.
Dhami is a Kshatriya clan who mostly lives in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and in Nepal. They mostly live in Kumaon region of uttarakhand and doti and Darchula in Nepal. It is noted that the Dhamis of Uttarakhand and Nepal should be differentiated from that of Himachal Pradesh. Both came from different cultural and ethenic backgrounds. Some famous people with the surname "Dhami":
Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra in India.
Tewatia / Tewatiya / Teotia / Tevatiya are the surnames used by Jats that may refer to the following notable people:
Nagpal is an Indian surname. Notable people with the name include:
Sumit Godara is an Indian politician currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs Department in Government of Rajasthan. He was elected in the 15th & 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Lunkaransar constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhasin is a surname and clan of the Punjabi Khatris of India. Bhasin translates to "sun".
Rawat is a surname of people belonging to Hindu Rajput community. It is used as a surname, but during the medieval period it was a designation or title given to a soldier who performed exceptionally well in war. Types of Rawat are Chauhan Rawat, Pawar Rawat, Sisodiya Rawat, Dogra Rawat etc. from Uttarakhand and U.P divisions in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and Rajputs of Uttarakhand.
Nagar is a surname either Indian/Sanskrit or Jewish/Hebrew ("carpenter") origin. Notable people with this surname include:
