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SANJIVAN Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,469th

Most common surname in India

935

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are aatreya, dadhich, kashyap, mahodara and sanjapa. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.

Description:

Because of its structure, the name probably comes from Sanskrit. The religion associated with SANJIVAN surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname are hindi and marathi.
"Sanjivan" might relate to ideas of renewal or long life, perhaps hinting at a familys past connection to healing or a desire for wealth and a long life.

The surname Sanjivan probably comes from India and is common in areas where Indo-Aryan languages are spoken. People with this surname often speak languages like Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, and Sanskrit. Because India has so many languages, families with this surname might also speak Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. This could be due to people moving around within India and different cultures mixing. The exact languages spoken depend on where the family originally came from and where they currently live, both in India and in other countries.

The surname "Sanjeevan" also appears as "Sanjivan.".

State-wise distribution of people with SANJIVAN surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Maharashtra state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Maharashtra

319

Madhya Pradesh state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Madhya Pradesh

104

Uttar Pradesh state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Uttar Pradesh

40

Delhi state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Delhi

37

Telangana state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Telangana

31

Rajasthan state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Rajasthan

17

Tamil Nadu state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Tamil Nadu

4

Bihar state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Bihar

2

Andhra Pradesh state distribution for SANJIVAN surname

Andhra Pradesh

1

Category-wise distribution of people with SANJIVAN surname

from iMeUsWe Database

People with the surname SANJIVAN 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.

Food Distribution Records category for SANJIVAN surname

395 (71%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for SANJIVAN surname

120 (22%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Voters List category for SANJIVAN surname

41 (7%)

Voters List

Frequently Asked Questions

SANJIVAN families worship BHAVANI and KHANDOBA and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The SANJIVAN surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

SANJIVAN families belong to multiple gotras including AATREYA, DADHICH, KASHYAP, MAHODARA, SANJAPA.

Maharashtra has the highest concentration of the SANJIVAN surname with 319 records (57.5%).

The SANJIVAN surname is written in HINDI, MARATHI scripts.

SANJIVAN is ranked #12469 in India with approximately 935 people bearing this surname.

The SANJIVAN surname is found across 9 states, with the top 3 being Maharashtra (57.5%), Madhya Pradesh (18.7%), Uttar Pradesh (7.2%).

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