In this article I will share Brahmin surnames list in India based on my ongoing research on Brahmins.





I have tried to make this list of Brahmin surnames as exhaustive as possible. If you have anything to add, please drop me an email.





Below is presented, by state/ geographic region detailed Hindu Brahmin surnames list.





Bengali Brahmin Surnames List

[1], Rabindranath Thakur[2], Chaitanya Mahaprabhu[3], [4], Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar[5] etc. Bengali Brahmins are those who have origins in the West Bengal, Tripura, Bangladesh and parts of Jharkhand. At one time, Bengali Brahmins were famous for their scholarship, erudition and nationalism and produced the likes of Shri Shri Ramakirshna, Rabindranath Thakur, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Raghunandan Bhattacharya , Panchanan Tarkaratna, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagaretc.





Today however majority Bengali Brahmins are not aware of Hindu customs, let alone Brahmin customs. For example

Ex-CM of West Bengal openly denigrated Hinduism. [6]

Current CM offers Muslim prayers/ Namaz, and indulges in massive Muslim appeasement at the cost of native Hindu culture. [7]

Ex-mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya openly eats beef. [8]

Many so-called Bengali Brahmins eat beef and pork. [9]

It is not a good situation, as even demographics is against Bengali Hindus, and in all likelihood Bengali Hindus will become a minority by 2050, and extinct by end of this century. [10] [11]



A list of common Bengali Brahmin surnames is given below.

Bhattacharya

Chakraborty

Mukhopadhyay / Mukherjee

Bandyopadhyay / Banerjee

Chattopadhyay / Chatterjee

Gangopadhyay / Ganguly

Ghoshal

Thakur / Tagore

Lahiri

Bhaduri

Sanyal

Maitra

Bagchi

Patitunda

Kanjilal

Others Titles - Roy, Choudhury, Majumdar, Joardar

Assamese Brahmins list of Surnames

Assamese Brahmins[12] are those who originate in Assam, Meghalaya, parts of northern Bangladesh and some parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. At one time, Kamarupa was an important seat of Hinduism and many Brahmin scholars were residents of Kamarupa.





Brahmon Sobha Guwahati is trying its best to preserve and promote Vedic Brahmin culture[13].

Baruah

Bez Baruah

Bujar Barua

Chandra Barua

Ram Barua

Prasad Barua

Gobinda Barua

Acharya / Acharjee

Bhattacharya / Bhattacharjee

Bhagavati

Bardalai

Gain

Goswami

Sharma

Siddhanta

Thakur

Pathak

Bihari Brahmin Surnames List (Bihar/ Mithila / Jharkhand)

At one time Bihari Brahmins were famous for their scholarship and erudition and Mithila[14] produced one Vedic scholar after another starting from Yajnavalkya. Today except for a few exceptional scholar and Vedic experts, most Bihari Brahmins lack academic rigor and are more interested in rajasic and tamasic pursuits [15].



List of Bihari Brahmin surnames is given below.

Acharya

Mishra

Ojha/ Jha

Thakur

Pathak

Upadhyay

Choudhary

Shandilya

Rajhans

Kashyap

Jajware

Sharma

Chaturvedi

Nepali Brahmins List of Surnames

Acharya

Lamichhane

Rijal

Bastola

Bhurtel

Bhetwal

Gajurel

Chudal

Subedi

Uttar Pradesh / Uttarakhand / Other North Indian Brahmins Surname List





At one time North Indian Brahmins were famous for their scholarship and erudition and the central Gangetic basin was considered the seat of Vedic learning. Many of these Brahmins were famous for their learning, sophistication and range of knowledge. But things are really bad now - especially given the Dalit extremism and rising Islamic fundamnetalism in these regions.





Except for a handful of noted scholars especially in places like Varanasi, Allahabad - majority of these north Indian brahmins lack shastra knowledge and academic rigor. They eat vegetarian food and indluge in slogaeering like "Jai Shree Ram", "Namah Shivaya" or "Jai Parshuram" and writing against beef eating on Facebook.





Having said that, even today, UP and Uttarakand regularly churn out quite few Vedic scholars and Sanskrit experts.

Mishra

Dikshit

Dubey

Dwivedi

Tiwari

Trivedi

Chaubey

Chaturvedi

Pandey

Vajpayee

Bajpai

Pathak

Upadhyay

Ojha

Goswami

Parashara

Tiwari

Nirmal

Pandit

Bharadwaj

Shukla

Agnihotri

Siritiya

Tote

Pujari

Purohit

Nayapaul

Kashmiri Pandit Surname List

Kashmir has produced brilliant Brahmins[17] like Abhinava Gupta, Kshemeraja and Kalhana in the past - but today Kahsmiri Pandits are an almost-dying species and they are simply fighting for their survival, having been massacred and driven out of their homeland by Muslims in Kashmir.[18]

Kaul

Bhat

Raina

Haksar

Tikoo

Mattoo

Dhar

Kak

Sapru

Sopori

Razdan

Kher

Bachloo

Bakshi

Draboo

Hangloo

Wanchoo

Orissa Brahmins Surnames List

Samanta

Mishra

Acharya

Satapati

Pati

Upadhyay

Tiwari

Dash

Panda

Bishi

Vedi

Divedi

Trivedi

Chaturvedi

Dash Sharma

Dikshit

Debata

Nath

Sahu

Panigrahi

Mohapatra

Rath

Rath Sharma

Sarongi

Joshi

Pattojoshi

Purohit

Pujari

Devasharma

Padhi

Khuntia

Nanda

Gujarati Brahmins List of Surnames

Bhatta

Upadhyay

Vyasa

Maharashtrian / Karnataka Brahmins

To some extent Maharashtrian Brahmins [19] have somewhat managed to continue their Vedic heritage in unbroken traditions and this is really a very good thing. In places like Pune, one may still find quite a few Sanskrit scholars.

Deshmukh

Kulkarni

Deshpande

Fadnavis, Phadnis or Phadnavis

Desai

Patil

Joshi

Bhatta

Shastri

Rao

Sharma

Hedge

Garge

Varne

Shrirame

Padhye

Andhara Brahmins List of Surnames

Niyogi

Vaidiki/Dravida

Sharma

Deekshitulu

Joshyula/ Josyula

Mishrula

Dwibhashyula

Bhagvatula

Shashtrula

Shastry/ Sastri/ Sastry

Upadhyayula

Suarashtrula

Bhattula

Saraswatula

Dravida Brahmins (Tamil / Karnataka/ Kerala)

Iyers and Iyengars are truly the only sect of Brahmis who have truly maintained their Brahmanical traditions to this day and in fact I would say that in modern day Hindusim, south Indian Brahmins are playing a much greater role than north Indians. Many south Indian Brahmins are fluent in Sanskit, highly educated in secular subjects as well and regularly follow their festivals and events.





The only problem is that many Iyers and Iyengers, especially from TN are vehemently anti-Hindi and anti-North Indian, and that is a worrisome matter.



Tamil Brahmins

Iyer / Aiyar

Iyengar

Namboothiri / Nampoorithiri

Moosathu

Unni

Kurukkal

Nambissan / Nambiassan/ Nambeeassan (also known as Puspakar Brahmins)[21][[Note 1]

Plappally

Potti

References

Ramakrishna Paramhamsa - http://www.ramakrishna.org/rmk.htm Rabindranath Tagore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - http://www.iskconbangalore.org/lord-chaitanya Panchanan Tarkaratna - http://www.bdlinks.net/biography/Panchanan-Tarkaratna.php Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar Danger of Fascism: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya - http://www.cpim.org/states/danger-fascism-buddhadeb-bhattacharya Mission Bengal Jihad - https://hinduexistence.org/2012/05/03/mission-bengal-jihad-mamata-to-convert-west-bengal-as-a-muslim-state-step-by-step/ CPI(M) leader slammed for participating in ‘beef’ event - http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/cpim-leader-slammed-for-participating-in-beef-event/article7852855.ece Bengali Hindu intellectuals please stop propagation of beef eating and cow slaughter - https://hinduexistence.org/2013/01/06/bengali-hindu-intellectuals-please-stop-propagation-of-beef-eating-and-cow-slaughter/ Changing Religious Demographics of West Bengal - http://www.thetinyman.in/2011/07/west-bengal-demographics-study.html West Bengal Population - Extinction of Bengali Hindus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gTUyDedMok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_Brahmins Brahmon Sobha - https://www.facebook.com/brahmonsobha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithil_Brahmin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahun http://www.shehjar.com/list/14/63/1.html http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/01-10/features1602.htm Islamic Terrorism and Genocide of Kashmiri Pandits - http://ikashmir.net/history/genocide.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshastha_Brahmin Speed of Light in Ancient India - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EW1ck0qnOk Pushpaka Brahmin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Brahmin

Note

Some opine, that "Nambissan" are not Brahmins as they cannot enter the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Nambissan, Varrier in Kerala and the Staanika in Karnataka are same. These people are very close to the Brahmin community as they make garlands for the deities, wash utensils of the Nivedyam made for Deities and other duties to help the main priest in temples.

Neplai Brahmins are also known as Bahun. Apart from indigenous Brahmin population since ancient times, Nepali Brahmins also consist of Brahmins of UP origin (Banarasi), Bengali origin, Punjabi/ Rajasthani origin and Brahma-Kayastha of Bhutanese origin.List of Nepali Brahmin surname is given below.List of Odisha Brahmin surnames are given below.Andhra Brahmins are those who reside primarily in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They have produced eminent scholars like the great Sayanacharya, the commentator of the Rig Veda and the first person in recorded history to mention the speed of light, centuries before western science.[20]Andhra Brahmins are of two types:In general Andhra Brahmins identify themselves with gotra, and use suffixes like: