History:
The gotras associated with this surname are lomesh, malyavanta, gargeya, angiras, dadhich, dadich, kashyap, matekar and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are katyayanee, renuka of mahur, ambabai, khandoba and tulja bhavani of tuljapur.
Description:
The surname Matekar is common among Marathi speakers in Maharashtra, India, particularly within the Maratha caste cluster. The religion associated with MATEKAR surname is hindu. The communities associated with this surname are maratha, brahmin deshastha and brahmin. The MotherTounge associated with this surname is marathi.
The Marathas are a large, diverse group with historical ties to landownership and military service. "Mate" might refer to land measurement or a village name, while "kar" means belonging to or coming from that place. Therefore, families with the surname Matekar probably originated from a specific region or occupation within the larger Maratha community.
However, specific festival associations tied to particular surnames are often too detailed and localized to be widely documented in the datasets I was trained on.
Here are the known variations of the Matekar surname: Matekarh, and Matekaar.
