Kurup is an Indic surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Joshi is a surname used by the Brahmin (caste) in India and Nepal. Joshi is also sometimes spelled as Jyoshi. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word Jyotishi meaning "astrologer" or a person who practices jyotisha. Jyotisha refers to Hindu astrology and astronomy and is derived from jyotish.
Rao is a title and a surname native to India. It is used mostly in states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Telangana.
Sharma is a Brahmin Hindu surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman- can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Sarma is an alternative English spelling of the name. Some Assamese Brahmins use Sarmah. The names Sharman, Sharma and Sharmavu are used in South India, albeit uncommonly.
Chakraborty is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, the surname is used by people of the Bengali Brahmin community.
Das is a common last name in South Asia, among adherents of Hinduism and Sikhism, as well as those who converted to Islam or Christianity. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word Dasa meaning servant, devotee, or votary. "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to God. The surname is often used by those in the Vaishnav community.
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.
Pathak is a surname native to India. Pathak is mainly used by Hindu Brahmin communities of North India and Western India.
Shetty is a surname originating from coastal Karnataka state of India. Found amongst the Bunt (community). The word Shetty is derived from the Sanskrit word Śreṣṭha or Śreṣṭhin meaning superior, Prakritised as Seṭhī, and then Śeṭ or Śeṭī.
Saxena is an Indian surname primarily found in northern and Central India. Kayastha in origin, it derives from the Sanskrit word sakhisena meaning “friend of the army”. Notable people bearing it include:
Subramaniam, Subrahmanyam, Subramanyam or Subramanian is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. The etymology of the name is from Sanskrit; however, a common translation is "dear to Brahmam", or "of good deeds". An alternative proposed translation is derived from merging two common Sanskrit words supri-ya, meaning "good" or "dear," and man-ya, meaning jewel; the name translates loosely as "worthy jewel". Subramaniam is one of the many names of the Hindu god Karthikeya, also known as Kumara or Murugan.
Tripathi or Tripathy is a Hindu Brahmin family name in India and Nepal. Trivedi and Tiwari are variants of the name.
Sukumara Kurup is an Indian fugitive and is one of the most-wanted criminals in the Indian state of Kerala. On 21 January 1984, he, along with his co-brother Bhaskara Pillai, his driver Ponnappan and his aide Shahu, murdered a man named Chacko in an attempt to fake Kurup's own death and thereby claim a life insurance amount of ₹8 lakh (US$10,000). The subterfuge was soon exposed by the police, who arrested Bhaskara Pillai, Ponnappan and Shahu. However, Kurup absconded from the state in the meantime. Notorious for being India's longest wanted fugitive, Kurup is still missing and untraced since 1984.
Sukumaran is an Indian surname.
Bhaskaran is a given name or a patronymic surname with its origin in Sanskrit meaning "the sun". Notable people with the surname include:
Cherian/Cheriyan is a Syrian Christian surname of West Asian (Hebrew-Aramaic) origin, presumed to be a derivative of Zecharya and a variant of Zacharias popular among the Christian community of Kerala, southern India. The final -n is the Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix.
Paul is the surname of:
Menon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins and rajputs relating to sage Bharadwaja gotra in India.
Ganesh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: