Discover the Rich Heritage of Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

Explore the beautiful collection of Kashmiri Pandit surnames and learn about their origins, meanings, and stories from our community.

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Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

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Top 5 Most Discussed Surnames

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Bhat

86 comments
Oct 7, 2025
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Raina

69 comments
Oct 7, 2025
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Dhar

67 comments
Oct 7, 2025
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Sharma

18 comments
Oct 7, 2025
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Kaul

16 comments
May 27, 2018
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Top 5 Surname Contributors

Community members who have contributed the most surnames to our collection

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Seema (H) Kachru

120 surnames
Jun 5, 2002
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Ashwani Kaul

66 surnames
Jun 1, 2002
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Sanjay Dhar

63 surnames
May 31, 2002
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Anil Kaul

56 surnames
Jul 29, 2002
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Sandeep Durani

32 surnames
Jul 25, 2003

Showing 217-228 of 551 surnames

Akhoon

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Added by: Sunny Pandita
December 7, 2002
Status: Yes
DA Dawood-ebrahim Akhoon Dec 23, 2003

I was always told this Surname is Arabic. Ergo, my great uncle before he passed away told me as far...

Mandalo

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Added by: Sujata Quasba
June 23, 2002
Status: Yes
RC Rohit Challu Sep 29, 2003

Holy cow! I thought thussu was obscene this is worse.

Bamtsunt

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Added by: Sanjay Dhar
May 31, 2002
Status: Maybe
RC Rohit Challu Sep 29, 2003

No prizes for guessin where this came from :D

Atri

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Added by: Seema (H) Kachru
June 4, 2002
Status: Yes
G Gautam Sep 22, 2003

I am not an a Kashmiri and my knowledge of Kashmiri cultrue is very limited. I only read about Kashm...

Beera

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Added by: Seema (H) Kachru
June 4, 2002
Status: Yes
RB Rakesh Beera Aug 20, 2003

BEERA'S is not a surname but a knick name which means a wooden ball which was used in kashmir to pl...

Chattabali

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Added by: Sanjay Dhar
May 31, 2002
Status: Yes
AK A Kaul May 20, 2003

This is not a real last name - it is a 'lakab' - to differentiate between two contemporary and famou...

Wokhlu

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Added by: Sudhir Wokhlu
May 30, 2002
Status: Yes
Y Yasho May 2, 2003

what about wakhalu? I remember a kashmiree researcher by this name in my field and the spelling of h...

Kunzru

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Added by: Arun Bhat
May 25, 2002
Status: Yes
HK Hari Kunzru Mar 21, 2003

Yes, Hari Kunzru is Kashmiri - at least his father's family are 100% Kashmiri pundits. His mother's ...

Sazawal

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Added by: Ashwani Kaul
May 28, 2002
Status: Yes
ML Makhan L. Sazawal Feb 1, 2003

We were origanally known by the surname of Tikoo and leter it changed to the surname of sazawal . Ap...

Bagati

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Added by: Ashwani Kaul
May 10, 2002
Status: Yes
MB Meera Bagati Jan 30, 2003

"Bagati" as far as I know was conferred on my great grandfather who used to own orchards/farmland in...

Nathu

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Added by: Ashwani Kaul
June 1, 2002
Status: Maybe
AK Arun Kaul Jun 28, 2002

I have a distant memory of a Nathu girl in the Natipora area.

Baali

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Added by: Seema (H) Kachru
June 4, 2002
Status: Yes
SK Seema Kachru Jun 11, 2002

Baali's are 100% kashmiris