History:
The gotras associated with this surname are aatreya, dattatreya, kasyapa, mudgal and rajapala. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.
Description:
The surname Kelavade, also spelled Kelawade, is mainly found among communities in Maharashtra, India, particularly the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) community. The religion associated with KELAVADE surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname is kannada.
The CKP are a small but historically important community in Maharashtra, known for traditionally holding administrative and military roles. Surnames like this surname often come from ancestral villages or places of origin. "Kelavade" probably refers to a place called Kelavadi or something similar, suggesting that families from that area adopted it as their surname.
The Kelavade surname probably comes from India and is linked to areas where people mainly speak Marathi and Kannada. So, people with this surname might commonly speak these languages. Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language mostly spoken in Maharashtra. Kannada is a Dravidian language mainly spoken in Karnataka. Because of past migrations and cultural connections in India, its also possible that Hindi speakers, which is Indias most common language, might also have this surname.
The surname Kelawade has a few variations, including Kelavadekar, Kelawadekar, Kelvade, and Kelwade.
