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  2. Deshastha Brahmin surnames - Wikipedia

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    Deshastha Brahmin surnames are derived by adding the suffix kar or e to the village from which the family originally hailed. [1] For example, Akhegaonkar came from the village Akhegaon, Bidkar came from the town of Bid, Jugade came from the village Jugad, Mulik came from district Muluk and some links say Mulikwadi from Konkan area,Yadwadkar came from Yadwad Nagpurkar comes from the city Nagpur ...

  3. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -wala, -wallah, wali, vala, vali (Hindustani, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi) denotes the occupation or place of origin (Occupation example: Batliwala – one who deals with bottles. Place example: Suratwala – one from Surat) [citation needed]-wan (Indonesian) denotes a male name [citation needed]-wati (Indonesian) denotes a female name [citation ...

  4. Category:Marathi-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Marathi-language surnames" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abhyankar;

  5. Mistry (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Mistry or Mistri is also a surname in the Muslim Kadia community living in Kutch and Saurashtra region of Gujarat.Many use the surname Mistry, which was their community/professional identity before they converted to Islam.

  6. Surname - Wikipedia

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    First/given/forename, middle, and last/family/surname with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for Anglophonic cultures (and some others). Other cultures use other structures for full names. A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family.

  7. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    For example, the majority of residents of the island of Banton in the province of Romblon have surnames starting with F such as Fabicon, Fallarme, Fadrilan, and Ferran. Other examples are most cities and towns in Albay, Catanduanes, Ilocos Sur and Marinduque, where the majority of their residents have surnames beginning with a particular letter.

  8. Kar (suffix) - Wikipedia

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    Kar (Marathi: कर Kar, Konkani: कार Kār) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the Marathi and Konkani people in Maharashtra, Goa and some parts of Karnataka.

  9. Marathi people - Wikipedia

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    Marathi Hindu people follow a partially Patronymic naming system. For example, it is customary to associate the father's name with the given name. In the case of married women, the husband's name is associated with the given name. Therefore, the constituents of a Marathi name as given name /first name, father/husband, family name /surname. For ...