History:
The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, dadhich, damodara, kashyap, madala and rebaala. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are bhavani, khandoba and venkateshwara.
Description:
Finding the specific communities or sub-castes it belongs to needs careful study of regional naming customs. The religion associated with VADAMODALU surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname is telugu.
In India, surnames are usually connected to a persons caste, job, or the village their family came from. Because the name has "Vada" in it, it might have started in the north of India, possibly from the Indo-Aryan language group. The "modalu" part could mean it has Dravidian influences, perhaps from a community living near the border areas of these language groups.
The surname VADAMODALU comes from India. Telugu is likely, since many surnames from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana end in "-modalu." Also, many Indians, including those with this surname, often use English at work and in school. Depending on their familys travels and cultural influences in India, they might also speak Hindi or, less often, Urdu.
The surname Vadamodula has several variations, including Vadamodali, Vadamodalam, Vadamodalah, Vadamudal, Vaddemodal, and Vaddemodala, Vaddemodali. Phonetic variations of this surname might also exist, with approximations like "Vadda-mo-da-lu" or "Va-da-mo-da-loo" depending on regional accents and the speakers dialect.
