100 Most Popular Surnames In India! Check Out Which One Is On The First Position!

Surnames are not chosen but are “Inherited”. In this country, we come across so many Sharmas, Mishras, Shuklas and Khans that at some point of time, we actually think, “Which is the most popular surname”. Some of us even resort to Google search to get hold of the most famous one; and if that surname appears to be ours, then the happiness knows no bounds.

100 Most Popular Surnames In India! Check Out Which One Is On The First Position! - RVCJ Media
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Since India is a diverse country, even the number of surnames is HUGE. Specific surnames are related to specific states.

In India we just can’t allow our surname to be misspelled because we just love them and are PROUD of them.

Today, we have come up with a list of 100 most popular surnames in India and you got to check the list if you wish to find out which position your surname is on.

Here we go:-

Rank
Surname
Approx Count
1
Devi
692,06,943
2
Singh
360,58,956
3
Kumar
310,14,317
4
Das
104,85,481
5
Kaur
103,82,053
6
Ram
74,12,410
7
Yadav
70,61,034
8
Kumari
62,80,211
9
Ali
57,96,792
10
Lal
57,51,667
11
Bibi
56,69,410
12
Khatun
55,10,718
13
Bai
54,01,652
14
Sharma
48,87,182
15
Sah
45,19,686
16
Khan
44,42,333
17
Mandal
44,08,832
18
Mondal
40,42,430
19
Patel
39,57,109
20
Patil
37,76,738
21
Prasad
37,20,493
22
Roy
34,35,695
23
Ray
33,23,462
24
Sheikh
29,17,624
25
Shaikh
28,73,995
26
Sahu
28,32,344
27
Gupta
27,30,986
28
Pal
25,42,234
29
Mahato
25,30,954
30
Barman
25,00,427
31
Begam
24,76,972
32
Paramar
23,68,580
33
Ansari
22,91,251
34
Nayak
21,73,367
35
Rathod
21,40,779
36
Jadhav
21,11,095
37
Begum
21,08,684
38
Ghosh
21,02,801
39
Rani
20,76,682
40
Mahto
20,65,403
41
Sarkar
20,13,786
42
Murmu
19,99,894
43
Chand
19,69,074
44
Behera
19,58,095
45
Paswan
18,09,950
46
Mishra
18,06,530
47
Majhi
17,93,464
48
Patal
17,87,588
49
Khatoon
17,47,668
50
Thakur
17,41,552
51
Biswas
17,21,699
52
Thakor
16,62,154
53
Ahamad
16,35,545
54
Pawar
16,22,948
55
Chauhan
16,19,316
56
Naik
15,67,247
57
Pradhan
15,59,748
58
Bano
15,54,758
59
Alam
14,99,690
60
Bauri
14,35,990
61
Saha
14,08,252
62
Shinde
13,87,536
63
Oraon
13,22,782
64
Munda
13,07,693
65
Malik
12,86,486
66
Raut
12,18,741
67
Nath
11,89,856
68
Sardar
11,87,698
69
Shaik
11,49,423
70
Patra
11,29,949
71
Chandra
11,09,024
72
Chahan
10,78,170
73
Tudu
10,77,960
74
Prakash
10,57,910
75
Shah
10,44,322
76
Sinh
10,28,484
77
Raj
10,23,030
78
Jha
10,18,845
79
Vasav
10,09,403
80
Chaudhari
10,02,763
81
Manjhi
9,92,318
82
Jain
9,76,003
83
Mohammed
9,69,314
84
Kamble
9,67,072
85
Soren
9,58,056
86
Pandit
9,49,854
87
Chaudhary
9,43,539
88
Pandey
9,34,495
89
Rai
9,30,766
90
Islam
9,15,923
91
Rana
9,11,096
92
Solanki
9,02,972
93
Pathan
8,97,494
94
Jena
8,93,719
95
Hussain
8,90,303
96
Makavan
8,80,833
97
Gayakwad
8,39,757
98
Hansda
8,03,351
99
Uddin
7,97,217
100
More
7,83,187

Note:- People might argue that some of them are not actually Surnames but this data is not from RVCJ. We’re listing it as shown in Forebears

Source:- Forebears

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