Varma (surname)

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Verma, Verma are surnames found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region. [1] [2] The surname is used in North India by and some of the groups among cluster of castes called Kayasthas. [3] However, in the same region along with Central India, it mostly be found among castes like Lodhi Rajput, [4] Kurmis, [5] Jats [6] and Koeris. [7]

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Indian traditional usage

According to Ayodhya Prasad Sah, the title was also used by some Brahmins in parts of Odisha, although it is recommended historically for the Kshatriyas. [8]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname "Varma" or its variants include:

Burman

Dev Burman

Varma

Verman

Verma

References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-977169-1.
  2. ↑ Chatterjee, Suhas (1998). Indian Civilization and Culture. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN   978-81-7533-083-2.
  3. ↑ Atal, Y (2012). Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242. ISBN   978-81-317-9759-4.
  4. ↑ Rajput, Shelal Lodhi (2020). "Unfolding the Contributions of Greek & Roman Philosophers in Natural Law School of Jurisprudence". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3751247. ISSN   1556-5068.
  5. ↑ "The Kurmi: a political history". Indian express. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Su, Yong; Zhang, Man; Guo, Qiaosheng; Wei, Min; Shi, Hongzhuan; Wang, Tao; Han, Zhengzhou; Liu, Huihui; Liu, Chang; Huang, Jianmin (2023-08-18). "Classification of Isatis indigotica Fortune and Isatis tinctoria Linnaeus via comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes". BMC Genomics. 24 (1). doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09534-8 . ISSN   1471-2164.
  7. ↑ Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute. India: Cultural Research Institute West Bengal (India). 2004. p. 26. Recently , they have adopted surnames like Verma , Mehta and Kushwaha . Their subgroups are mostly endogamous . There are five major social divisions or endogamous subgroups among the Koiri of West Bengal.
  8. ↑ Sah, Ayodhya Prasad (1976). Life in mediæval Orissa, cir. A.D. 600-1200. Chaukhambha Orientalia. p. 123.
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