Is Tarakad a Hindu surname

Answer 1

Tarakad is the name of a village in Palakad, Kerala, India.

The Tamil Brahmins from this village usually use Tarakad as a suffix to their names. Example: Tarakad Subramaniam Venkateswaran.

This means this man's first name is Venkateswaran and his fatrher's first name is Subramaniam and he hails from the village named Tarakad.

For generations these Tamil Brahmins used their surname as IYER / AYYAR etc.

But due to the Anti Brahmin movement, many of them dropped their surnames like IYER / AYYAR - so that nobody could make out their caste from their names.