History:
The gotras associated with this surname are chetla, angira, dadhich, kashyap, mudgal and raghu. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.
Description:
The surname Potana is mainly found among Telugu Brahmins in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The religion associated with POTANA surname is hindu. The community associated with this surname is kapu. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname is telugu.
Its especially common among Niyogi Brahmins, a group historically involved in administration and scholarship. The name probably comes from a place name or a family occupation. This surname is also famous because of Bammera Potana, a well-known 15th-century Telugu poet who translated the Bhagavata Purana into Telugu. Because of him, this surname carries cultural importance in Telugu literature and beyond the Brahmin community.
The surname Potanna has several variations, including Pothana, Potanae, Potane, Potan, Pottana, Podana, and Podanna. The phonetic variations of this surname would depend heavily on regional accents, but could include po-TAH-na, po-TAN-na, po-TAH-nuh, and po-TAN-nuh, potentially with stress on different syllables.
