History:

The gotras associated with this surname are aatreya, danoli, kashyapa, mudgal and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani mata of tuljapur, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Kotrappa is mainly found in Karnataka, India, and is often connected to the Lingayat community, a Hindu religious group that worships Shiva. The religion associated with KOTRAPPA surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname is kannada.
Within the Lingayat community, this surname might be associated with particular sub-groups or occupation-based groups. The distribution of this surname often reflects historical migration and job connections within the Lingayat community. So, people with this surname likely have family roots in Karnatakas Lingayat tradition.

The surname Kotrappa probably comes from India and is common in areas where people speak Dravidian languages. People with this surname often speak languages like Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. Depending on their family history and where they live, they might also speak Marathi. This variety of languages shows where communities with the Kotrappa surname originally came from. As families move and become part of new communities, they might start speaking other languages too. But the main languages are still likely to be those from where this surname first appeared, within the Dravidian language family and nearby languages.

The surname Kotrappa has several variations, including Kotrappan, Kothrapah, Kothrappa, Kotrappaiah, Kotrapalli, Kotra, and Kotri.