Sanadhya Brahmin - Surnames of Sanadhyas

Surnames of Sanadhyas

Apart from common Brahmin surnames like tiwari, mishra, dubey, etc., Sanadhya Brahmins adopt surname that mostly ends with -iya (-इया) which might meant belongs to.

  • Pathak ( padvi, title used and not Allh)
  • Awasthi
  • Pandit (General term of brahmins not an Allh)
  • Mishra
  • Tiwari
  • Swami ( a padvi not allh, Pandeys)
  • Bhatele Barua
  • Dixit
  • Joshi
  • Sharma (most common, actually not a proper surname but a general sankalp notation for Brahmins. Brahmins not writing awkward allh simply started writing Sharma.It is now confusing at times as people of other castes have also started writing sharma .But sharma are not actual Brahmins )
  • Samadhiya ( Pathak )
  • Tigunayat
  • Thapak (Sthapak )
  • Trivedi
  • Tripathi
  • Diwan( a padvi not allh)
  • Badal
  • Jharkhariya
  • Niveriya
  • Katare
  • Rajoriya
  • Basediya
  • lamaniya
  • Lawaniya
  • Budoliya
  • RAWAT (TWO MORE SUB-DIVISIONS )
  • Hardeniya
  • Dubey ( Dubeniya, Pachoniya and Shandilya)
  • Devalia
  • Palia
  • Choubey
  • Udainia
  • Bhardwaj
  • Shrotriya
  • Nayak ( padvi no Allh)
  • Khemaria
  • Ardhvaryu (Adharuj)
  • Dhimole
  • UPMANYU/UPMANU
  • Pandey
  • Shukla
  • Ojha
  • Upadhyay
  • Dandotiya
  • Parashar
  • Pachaurey / Pachori / Pachauri /Pachaury/Pachoree
  • Hindoriya
  • Goswami ( a padvi not allh, generally Pandeys)
  • Vaidya (a Padvi not allh)
  • Kankar / Kankariya / Kankaria

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