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GOPIDAS Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

13,015th

Most common surname in India

389

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angira, gopali, kashyapa, mahadeva and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are gopalkrishna, krishna and venkateshwara.

Description:

Gopidas is a relatively uncommon Indian surname, mainly found in West Bengal. The religion associated with GOPIDAS surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname are hindi, gujarati and marathi.
This surname is connected to the Bengali Kayastha community, a well-known caste with a history in administrative and clerical jobs. More specifically, it relates to the Baishya subgroup within the Kayastha community. The name Gopidas might also be linked to families with Vaishnavite religious ties, where "Gopi" refers to female devotees of Krishna. However, this surname is more strongly associated with the Kayastha community of Bengal.

The surname Gopidas, which is common among people of Indian origin, indicates that people with this surname likely speak languages common in India. This includes Hindi, an official language used across northern and central India. Because India has many languages, other languages potentially spoken by people with the Gopidas surname include Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Punjabi. The specific language spoken depends on the familys original region and where they have moved, either within India or to other countries.

Here are the different ways the surname Gopi Das is written: Gopi-Das, Gopeedas, and Gopeedas.

State-wise distribution of people with GOPIDAS surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Karnataka state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Karnataka

257

Maharashtra state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Maharashtra

19

Andhra Pradesh state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Andhra Pradesh

14

Delhi state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Delhi

4

Tamil Nadu state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Tamil Nadu

4

Kerala state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Kerala

3

Madhya Pradesh state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Madhya Pradesh

2

Telangana state distribution for GOPIDAS surname

Telangana

1

Category-wise distribution of people with GOPIDAS surname

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People with the surname GOPIDAS appear across 3 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 GOPIDAS surname

248 (82%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for GOPIDAS surname

43 (14%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Voters List category for GOPIDAS surname

13 (4%)

Voters List

Frequently Asked Questions

GOPIDAS families worship GOPALKRISHNA and KRISHNA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The GOPIDAS surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

GOPIDAS families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRA, GOPALI, KASHYAPA, MAHADEVA, RAGHUKULA.

Karnataka has the highest concentration of the GOPIDAS surname with 257 records (84.5%).

The GOPIDAS surname is written in HINDI, GUJARATI, MARATHI scripts.

GOPIDAS is ranked #13015 in India with approximately 389 people bearing this surname.

The GOPIDAS surname is found across 8 states, with the top 3 being Karnataka (84.5%), Maharashtra (6.3%), Andhra Pradesh (4.6%).

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