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SIPAHI Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,632^nd

Most common surname in India

772

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, dadich, kashyap, mudgal and raghu kula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and tulja bhavani.

Description:

Surnames often tell us about our ancestors jobs, where they lived, or what they were like. The religion associated with SIPAHI surname is hindu. The communities associated with this surname are kshatriya and rajput. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname is kashmiri.
"Sipahi" used to mean a soldier or cavalryman, especially in the Ottoman Empire and India. Since this surname is common among people of Indian descent, languages like Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, or Gujarati might be spoken by individuals with this surname, depending on where theyre from in India and their familys history.

Here are some variations of the Sipahi surname: Sipahioğlu, Spahiu, Spahija, Sepahi, Sepahioğlu, Sipka, and Sipos.

State-wise distribution of people with SIPAHI surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Maharashtra

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Assam

Andhra Pradesh

Category-wise distribution of people with SIPAHI surname

from iMeUsWe Database

People with the surname SIPAHI 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.

92 (64%)

Food Distribution Records

41 (29%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

10 (7%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

SIPAHI families worship BHAVANI and KHANDOBA and TULJA BHAVANI as their Kuldevta (family deities).

SIPAHI is classified as a PROFESSION-based surname because it is historically associated with SOLDIER,WARRIOR.

The SIPAHI surname is found across multiple communities including Kshatriya, Rajput, Deccani Muslims, Bhoksa communities.

The SIPAHI surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

SIPAHI families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRAS, DADICH, KASHYAP, MUDGAL, RAGHU KULA.

Maharashtra has the highest concentration of the SIPAHI surname with 45 records (31.7%).

The SIPAHI surname is written in KASHMIRI script.

SIPAHI is ranked #12632 in India with approximately 772 people bearing this surname.

The SIPAHI surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Maharashtra (31.7%), Bihar (26.1%), Madhya Pradesh (13.4%).

SIPAHI Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

History:

Description:

State-wise distribution of people with SIPAHI surname

Category-wise distribution of people with SIPAHI surname

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the Kuldevta (family deity) worshipped by SIPAHI families?

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What are the gotras found among SIPAHI families?

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