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GAJABHAR Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,988th

Most common surname in India

416

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are agasthya, garg, garga, kashyapa, mahadev and rebaala. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Gajabhar is mainly connected to the Koli community, a large and varied group mostly found in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The religion associated with GAJABHAR surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname are marathi and hindi.
It is especially recognized among the Son Koli sub-community, who have traditionally worked as fishermen and farmers. The name probably started as a title or way to describe someone, suggesting strength or a connection to elephants ("Gaja" means elephant in languages derived from Sanskrit). This title may have been given to an ancestor. While intermarriage and migration can sometimes make caste lines less clear, this surname remains most strongly associated with the Son Koli community within the larger Koli caste.

People with the surname Gajabhar, which seems to come from India, probably speak languages commonly used there. This usually includes Hindi, one of Indias official languages. They might also speak other regional languages depending on where in India this surname originated. These could be Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, or Bengali, among many others. English is also often spoken, especially in cities.

The surname Gajadhar has several variations, including Gajadharan, Gajadhur, Gajadher, Gujadhur, Gujadar, Gaja-Bhar, Gajbar, Gajbher, and Gajbhare.

State-wise distribution of people with GAJABHAR surname

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Maharashtra state distribution for GAJABHAR surname

Maharashtra

384

Madhya Pradesh state distribution for GAJABHAR surname

Madhya Pradesh

6

Delhi state distribution for GAJABHAR surname

Delhi

1

Category-wise distribution of people with GAJABHAR surname

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People with the surname GAJABHAR appear across 4 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.

Food Distribution Records category for GAJABHAR surname

327 (84%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for GAJABHAR surname

62 (16%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Voters List category for GAJABHAR surname

1 (0.3%)

Voters List

Investor & Taxpayer Records category for GAJABHAR surname

1 (0.3%)

Investor & Taxpayer Records

GAJABHAR is the only known surname recorded in 1 gotra: MAHADEV.

Frequently Asked Questions

GAJABHAR families worship BHAVANI and KHANDOBA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The GAJABHAR surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

GAJABHAR families belong to multiple gotras including AGASTHYA, GARG, GARGA, KASHYAPA, MAHADEV, REBAALA.

Maharashtra has the highest concentration of the GAJABHAR surname with 384 records (98.2%).

The GAJABHAR surname is written in MARATHI, HINDI scripts.

GAJABHAR is ranked #12988 in India with approximately 416 people bearing this surname.

The GAJABHAR surname is found across 3 states, with the top 3 being Maharashtra (98.2%), Madhya Pradesh (1.5%), Delhi (0.3%).

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