Professional surnames of Gujarat : Soni,Darji,Luhar,Suthar,Salat,Mistri,Kandoi,Sukhadia,Kadia,Vanand,Hajam,Khalasi,Malam,Tandel,Machhi,Dhobi,Kansara,Vahanvati,Kagdi,Kagzi,Darugar,Kalal,Chunara,Bhisti,Pakhali,Doshi,Tamboli,Bhoi,Bharvad & Gandhi.
Professional surnames of Gujarat : Modi,Dalal,Shrof,Vaidya,Vakil,Ghanchi,Kachhia,Bhadbhunja,Vankar,Dabgar,Chundrigar,Chudigar,Maniar,Kasai,Chhapia,Vakharia,Bakshi,Nanavati,Poojari,Writer,Mehta,Broker,Sodagar & many more.
Gujarati surnames from state service designation : Diwan, Pradhan, Mantri, Mazumdar, Patel, Kamdar, Kazi, Bakshi, Kothari, Talati, Munshi, Mehta, Sevak, Sipahi etc.
Specific Gujarati surnames : Machchhar, Mankad, Mankodi, Ghoda, Hathi, Vagh, Sinh, Shiyal, Varu, Kag, Hans, Bakariwala, Untwala etc.
Many Gujarati surnames formed from their ancestor's village/town/area e.g. Patan-Patania/Patani, Champaner-Champaneria, Pavagadh-Pavagadhi,Bharuch-Bharucha,Khambhat-Khambhata, Vadodara-Vadodaria,Surat-Surati,Dholaka-Dholkia, Chhanya-Chhaya, Modhvada-Modhvadia, Kutch-Kachchhi etc.
Many Gujarati surnames formed by suffix 'ni' to their ancestor name. 'Ni' means 'of ' e.g. Lakhani, Devani, Rajani, Khetani, Ramani, Kanani, Premani, Nathwani etc
Many Gujarati surnames formed by suffix 'ja' to their ancestor/dynasty name. 'Ja' means 'of ' e.g. Jadeja (of Jada), Sameja (of Sama), Juneja (of Juna).
Artisans, O.B.C. & S.C. of Gujarat adopted Rajput surnames such as Solanki, Rathod,Parmar, Chavda, Vaghela, Zala, Gohil, Jethwa, Vala, Rana etc to show/indicate dynasty of their Rajput ruler whose they were subject of OR Rajputs marriages in them in ancient time.
Many Gujarati surnames formed by suffix 'wala' to thing/city.'wala' means related to/trader of eg Rangoonwala, Poonawala, Daruwala, Khandwala,Masharuwala etc.
Brahmins surnames showing their ancestors' knowledge of Veda & Purana: Ved (1 Ved knowledge), Dwivedi (2 Ved), Trivedi (3 Ved), Chaturvedi (4 Ved) & Purani.Professional surnames of Brahmin & Nagar of Gujarat: Yagnik, Jani, Acharya, Agnihotri, Joshi, Mehta, Upadhyay, Vaidya, Sevak
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