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RASTIGI Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,589th

Most common surname in India

815

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, dadich, kashyapa, mudgal and raghu kula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are ambabai, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Rastogi, also spelled Rastogi, is mainly linked to the Bania community in India. The religion associated with RASTIGI surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname are hindi and marathi.
Its a well-known surname among the Vaishya sub-caste, who traditionally worked in trade, commerce, and money-lending. The Vaishya community has several sub-communities, and this surname is common within the Agarwal and sometimes the Oswal sub-communities. These sub-communities are located throughout Northern India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh. The surname reflects family roots tied to a particular area or job within the larger Vaishya social system.

People with the Indian surname Rastigi likely speak Hindi, the most common language in India. Depending on their region of origin, they might also speak regional languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, or Bengali. English is also commonly spoken, especially among educated people in Indias cities. Their ancestral language could be a dialect or a less-known regional language specific to their family history.

The surname has several variations, including Rastigi, Rastighi, Rastigey, Rastigue, Rastiguey, Rastigueghi, Rastighello, Rastighelli, Rastighini, and Rastighin.

State-wise distribution of people with RASTIGI surname

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Bihar state distribution for RASTIGI surname

Bihar

2

Uttar Pradesh state distribution for RASTIGI surname

Uttar Pradesh

2

Category-wise distribution of people with RASTIGI surname

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People with the surname RASTIGI appear across 2 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.

Food Distribution Records category for RASTIGI surname

3 (75%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for RASTIGI surname

1 (25%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Frequently Asked Questions

RASTIGI families worship AMBABAI and KHANDOBA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The RASTIGI surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

RASTIGI families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRAS, DADICH, KASHYAPA, MUDGAL, RAGHU KULA.

Bihar has the highest concentration of the RASTIGI surname with 2 records (50.0%).

The RASTIGI surname is written in HINDI, MARATHI scripts.

RASTIGI is ranked #12589 in India with approximately 815 people bearing this surname.

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