Mahadik is a surname mainly found in Maharashtra and surrounding states of India.[ citation needed ]
Notable people with the surname Mahadik include:
Shinde is a clan of the Maratha clan system variations of the name include Scindia and Sindhia, Sindia. It is found largely in Maharashtra (India), but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. They were originally centered on Sindh.
Pawar is an Indian surname found among the Maratha, Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra.
Modi is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh. The surname Modi doesn't belong to any particular community. It is distributed among various religions as well. It is used in Hindu, Muslim and even Parsi community.
Shah is a common surname in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Bhandari or Bhandary is a surname found in various Hindu castes and communities in India and Nepal. Bhandari means treasurer, keeper of a storehouse. In Punjab, Bhandaris belong to the Khatri caste. In Nepal, the surname is used by both Matwali and Tagadhari Chhetris, as well as Bahuns.
Pathania is a surname of Indian origin. It is also the name of a [Thakur] clan from northern India; the royal family of the Nurpur kingdom belonged to this clan.
Malhotra is an Indian surname of the Dhai Ghar sub-group of Khatris from Punjab. Mehrotra is the modified version of Malhotra.
Randhawa is a Jat clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The Randhawa name has special significance in the history of the Sikh faith, the first appointed Granthi was a Randhawa There are also adherents of Hinduism and Islam belonging to the Randhawa clan.
Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste which belongs to the Hindu Community. It signifies the profession of a moneylender, merchants, bankers and administrators.
Pathak is a surname native to India. Pathak is mainly used by Hindu Brahmin communities of North India and Western India.
Poonia or Punia is a clan of Jats.
Sahu is a surname found in India and Pakistan.
Tripathi or Tripathy is a Hindu Brahmin family name in India and Nepal. Trivedi and Tiwari are variants of the name.
Patwardhan may refer to the surname most commonly used by members of Indian Chitpavan Brahmin families belonging to the Kaundinya gotra. The Karhade Patwardhans belong to the Kashyapa and Naidhruva Gotra and their history in the Rajapur region of the Konkan dates back to 1191 A.D. Copper plate grants have been recovered from the region, which also points to a Gurjar element in these settlers. Today the Karhade Patwardhans are also known by some other surnames such as Gurjar, Padhye, Bhat, Degwekar, Shouche and Huzurbazar.
Neopaney/Neupane or Nyaupane or Hindi a surname found mainly in Nepal and in significant communities in India and Bhutan. It belongs predominantly to Brahmin (Bahun) and Kshatriya (Chhetri) of Nepal and Indian territories of Sikkim, Darjeeling, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya and some are up to Bhutan and Myanmar. They belong to Kanyakubja Brahmin family of Pancha-Gauda Brahmans following Kaudilya/Kaudinya gotra, names after Sage Kaudilya.
Kataria is an Indian and Pakistani surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jhunjhunwala is an Indian toponymic Marwari surname from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, India. They belong to Marwari community hailing from Rajasthan. Jhunjhunwalas follow Marwari traditions and are pure vegetarian community. Dialect that can be commonly heard by people belonging to this town is Marwari.They are the worshippers of deity Rani Sati in Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
Saroj is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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. There is a legend that a man who kills 100 enemy soldiers during war was given the title of RAWAT. Breach of contract of 'Rawat' goes like Ra stands for Rajput, Wa(व) stands for Veer (Courageous) and T(त) stands for Talwar (Sword); in other words Rajput warrior who is rich with sword is Rawat Rajput. 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.
Rathva is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: