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HATWAL Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,391^st

Most common surname in India

1,013

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, dadhich, kashyap, madhalla and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Hatwal is linked to the Sarola Brahmins. The religion associated with HATWAL surname is hinduism. The communities associated with this surname are sarola brahmins and hatwal. The MotherTounge associated with this surname are hindi and garhwali.
Specifically, the Hatwals are known as one of the 36 sub-castes within the Sarola Brahmin community. This surname traces its origins to Hat, a village in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India.

Here are the variations of this surname: Hatval, Hattwal, Hatwalia.

State-wise distribution of people with HATWAL surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Uttar Pradesh

Delhi

Tamil Nadu

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Bihar

Assam

Jharkhand

Category-wise distribution of people with HATWAL surname

from iMeUsWe Database

People with the surname HATWAL 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.

125 (49%)

Voters List

95 (38%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

33 (13%)

Food Distribution Records

Frequently Asked Questions

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

HATWAL is classified as a PLACE-based surname because it is historically associated with HAT,CHAMOLI.

The HATWAL surname is found across multiple communities including Sarola Brahmins, Hatwal, Negi Community, Hatwal Ahir, Hatwal Gurjar, Hatwal Kshatriya, Hatwal Rajput, Hatwal Thakur communities.

The HATWAL surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

HATWAL families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRAS, DADHICH, KASHYAP, MADHALLA, RAGHUKULA.

Uttar Pradesh has the highest concentration of the HATWAL surname with 92 records (36.4%).

The HATWAL surname is written in HINDI, GARHWALI scripts.

HATWAL is ranked #12391 in India with approximately 1,013 people bearing this surname.

The HATWAL surname is found across 8 states, with the top 3 being Uttar Pradesh (36.4%), Delhi (28.9%), Tamil Nadu (16.6%).

HATWAL Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

History:

Description:

State-wise distribution of people with HATWAL surname

Category-wise distribution of people with HATWAL surname

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