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GAJAGANTI Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,637th

Most common surname in India

767

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are agasthya, garg, garga, gautam, gautama, kashyapa, mudgal and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani mata of tuljapur, shree gajantlakshmi marcela goa and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Gajaganti is mainly found in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The religion associated with GAJAGANTI surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname is telugu.
Its primarily used by the Telugu Brahmin community, especially among Vaidiki Brahmins. These Brahmins traditionally worked as priests and scholars of the Vedas. This surname likely started as a name based on location, possibly from a village called Gajaganti or a place linked to elephants ("Gaja" means elephant"). Families who moved from that area eventually took on this surname.

The surname Gajaganti is most common among people of Indian descent. Therefore, the languages most often linked to people with this surname are those spoken in India. This mainly includes Telugu, since its a common surname in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Given Indias many languages, other languages like Hindi and English (often used professionally) might also be spoken, along with other regional languages depending on the familys background and where they have lived. The specific languages used reflect the familys geographic origins and education.

The surname Gajaganti, along with its variations Gayaganti, Gajaganthi, Gayaganthi, Gajakanti, and Gayakanti, may have different pronunciations depending on regional accents or how its translated.

State-wise distribution of people with GAJAGANTI surname

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Andhra Pradesh state distribution for GAJAGANTI surname

Andhra Pradesh

264

Tamil Nadu state distribution for GAJAGANTI surname

Tamil Nadu

71

Category-wise distribution of people with GAJAGANTI surname

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People with the surname GAJAGANTI appear across 2 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 GAJAGANTI surname

232 (69%)

Food Distribution Records

Voters List category for GAJAGANTI surname

103 (31%)

Voters List

GAJAGANTI is the only known surname recorded in 1 gotra: GAUTAMA.

Frequently Asked Questions

GAJAGANTI families worship BHAVANI MATA OF TULJAPUR and SHREE GAJANTLAKSHMI MARCELA GOA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The GAJAGANTI surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

GAJAGANTI families belong to multiple gotras including AGASTHYA, GARG, GARGA, GAUTAM, GAUTAMA, KASHYAPA, MUDGAL, RAGHUKULA.

Andhra Pradesh has the highest concentration of the GAJAGANTI surname with 264 records (78.8%).

The GAJAGANTI surname is written in TELUGU script.

GAJAGANTI is ranked #12637 in India with approximately 767 people bearing this surname.

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