Deshastha Brahmins (Marathi: देशस्थ ब्राह्मण) are a Hindu Brahmin sub- caste belonging to the Indo-Aryan ethnic group primarily from the Indian state of Maharashtra. The article below deals with Deshastha surnames only and to subgroups the people with that surname belong to. For the main article on the subject see Deshastha.

A large number of Deshastha surnames are derived by adding the suffix - kar to the village from which the family originally hailed. So, for example, Bidkar come from town of Bid. The names Kulkarni, Deshpande and Joshi are very common amongst Deshastha Brahmins and denote their professions. For example, Kulkarni means revenue collector and Joshi means Astrologer. In the list complied Deshastha families are classified using the Rigvedi / Yajurvedi subgroup (shakha), Gotra, the families' Kuldevta and the town / village of origin. As this list gets filled up, common Deshastha surnames like Kulkarni, Joshi & Deshpande will be repeated several times because these denote different families or more precisely different clans. From the list it can also be found out that the Adawadkar and Ghotkar families are related and belong to the same clan because they have identical gotra, kuldevta and are both rigvedi. Other related pairs are Bhalerao / Pol and Dixit / Shouche.


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| Surname
| Deshastha
Sub-group (Shakha)
| Gotra (Rishi lineage)
| Kuldevta (Family Deity)
| Family’s Town / Village of Origin
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