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JAYANTA Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,898th

Most common surname in India

506

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are aatreya, dadhich, jaya, maharaju and raghu. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are jyotiba, kartikeya and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Jayanta, mainly found in India, is common in areas where Indo-Aryan languages are spoken. The religion associated with JAYANTA surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname are bengali and assamese.
As a result, people with this surname often speak languages like Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, and Punjabi, which shows the varied languages of India. Also, depending on where they originally came from and how they moved around, some speakers of Dravidian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam may also have this surname.

Here are few notable Indian personalities with the surname and their professions: Jayanta Mahapatra: Poet , Jayanta Talukdar: Archer , Jayanta Naskar: Politician.

The surname Jayant has several variations, including Jayanty, Jayanta, Jayanth, Joyanto, Joyanta, and Jayantha. Jayanto is another variation of this surname. It is possible that regional pronunciations might lead to slight phonetic differences, such as emphasizing the "to" in Jayanto or softening the "a" sound, but these wouldnt be considered distinct spellings of this surname.

State-wise distribution of people with JAYANTA surname

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Maharashtra state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Maharashtra

200

Madhya Pradesh state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Madhya Pradesh

21

Tamil Nadu state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Tamil Nadu

7

Andhra Pradesh state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Andhra Pradesh

6

Rajasthan state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Rajasthan

4

Bihar state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Bihar

3

Assam state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Assam

2

Delhi state distribution for JAYANTA surname

Delhi

2

West Bengal state distribution for JAYANTA surname

West Bengal

1

Category-wise distribution of people with JAYANTA surname

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People with the surname JAYANTA 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 JAYANTA surname

228 (93%)

Food Distribution Records

Voters List category for JAYANTA surname

15 (6%)

Voters List

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for JAYANTA surname

3 (1%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Frequently Asked Questions

JAYANTA families worship JYOTIBA and KARTIKEYA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

JAYANTA is classified as a OTHERS-based surname because it is historically associated with .

The JAYANTA surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

JAYANTA families belong to multiple gotras including AATREYA, DADHICH, JAYA, MAHARAJU, RAGHU.

Maharashtra has the highest concentration of the JAYANTA surname with 200 records (81.3%).

The JAYANTA surname is written in BENGALI, ASSAMESE scripts.

JAYANTA is ranked #12898 in India with approximately 506 people bearing this surname.

The JAYANTA surname is found across 9 states, with the top 3 being Maharashtra (81.3%), Madhya Pradesh (8.5%), Tamil Nadu (2.8%).

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