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Most common surname in India
People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database
But we can guess! People with this surname might have moved to find better jobs or a better life. Or, maybe wars, famines, or other big events forced them to move. Wherever they settled, more people with this surname would naturally live there.
We might see it as Narayan (just adding an n), Narraya (a tweak to the vowels), or Naraia (a shorter version). These are educated guesses, of course.
from iMeUsWe Database
Maharashtra
309
Madhya Pradesh
57
Bihar
34
Andhra Pradesh
21
Tamil Nadu
16
Uttar Pradesh
12
Gujarat
7
Karnataka
2
Telangana
2
Delhi
1
from iMeUsWe Database
People with the surname NARAYA 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.
416 (88%)
Food Distribution Records
28 (6%)
Voters List
27 (6%)
Farmer Beneficiary Records
The NARAYA surname is found across multiple communities including Bania communities.
Maharashtra has the highest concentration of the NARAYA surname with 309 records (67.0%).
NARAYA is ranked #12497 in India with approximately 907 people bearing this surname.
The NARAYA surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Maharashtra (67.0%), Madhya Pradesh (12.4%), Bihar (7.4%).