Vyas, Joshi, Shukla, Upadhyaya, Upadhyay, Dixit, Pandya, Trivedi, Dave, Pathak,
These are some of hte undiluted last names which cannot be found in other castes whereas some last names such as Rana, Oza, Jha, Thakar, Vora, Yagnik can be found in other castes and some Muslims have adopted some of these last names.
I think Indulkar's are not brahmins, but maratha.
No, they r brahmins.
Mishra is a Brahmin Surnames. This Surname use by many sects of brahmins such as Utkala Brahmin, Bhumihar Brahmin etc. But other misra surname use by Bengali Brahmins and others. In midnapore, there is all Mishra are Utkala Brahmins(Odia Brahmins) who migrated to Bengal.
Some common MARATHI BRAHMIN surnames are : Pendharkar, Bhave, Deshpande , Kulkarni , Amin , Trikande , Sathe , Khisty , and many more..
Juni, Kanaya, Bhardwaj, Kotai, Tewani, Tewani, Dhardai, Moorjani, Dhaklai, Manek, Rajhasth.
Bose are not brahmins but kayastha.
The highest class in India are the Brahmins. These Brahmins are usually priests.
Bhumihar is a landed upper caste based mainly in Bihar and eastern UP. They are an offshoot of Brahmins and hence use Brahmin surnames. Kurmis are also associated with land and are among the OBC (OTHER BACKWARD CASTES) category in Bihar. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is a Kurmi.
How many types of brahmins?
Debnath, Nath etc Bengali surnames generally belong to Nath-Yogi sect. They are the followers of Shaivism and primarily associated with Nath-Yoga tradition. They are also found to be known as Rudraj Brahmin.
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No, Brahmins are not Jews. Brahmins are Hindus, and are not Semitic. Jews are Semitic, and have an entirely different, monotheistic religion. There are links below.