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aslidesi	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 4/8/2004 1:25:18 AM quote: hmm.. first of all im curious about da diff of kapoor and kapur i know singh is a common last name for sikh people depends on hw its spelt in hindi, likewise with my name. sometime there's an extra emphasis in the english spelling
fifi	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 4/7/2004 4:37:58 AM hmm.. first of all im curious about da diff of kapoor and kapur i know singh is a common last name for sikh people
FlamingRose	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 4/4/2004 1:27:17 AM Oh, there was a post earlier on with the surnames....the website was mentioned...humm...it said that it was where the information came from but I went...and I couldn't even navigate through it...
musicgrrl	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 4/2/2004 12:35:44 PM my info comes from parents/friends/observation. you get to know this kind of stuff by knowing names, familes, areas of origin, castes.... sorry i'm not much help! what website were you referring to?
FlamingRose	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 4/2/2004 1:40:52 AM Excuse...but I am very curious as to where you obtained this information from (I couldn't find anyhting from that site). Since I was very small, I have been curious about the family's heritage...and I finally got a little break by learning at a family reunion that our Indian ancestor's surname was Thomas...and one a doctor. This only leads me to the deduction that they were either North Indian Protestant Christian..or something...but I am not even sure to what exaclty it pertains to...I know that Jamaican-Indians were from the North, but many were forced into Christianity...(My family and I are from Jamaica)... Anything to be suggested?
musicgrrl	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 3/30/2004 10:30:27 AM I belive mahra is a baniya name.... not sure though.
shalynn	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 3/29/2004 4:31:33 AM How about Mehra's surname? Punjabi's name?
musicgrrl	Marathi last names replied on: 3/25/2004 3:56:47 PM quote: ...There are some exception though such as 'Madhuri Dixit'... Dixit is a very typical Brahmin name. Sometimes, caste distinction seems to govern surnames even more than region, etc... other typical brahmin names include Trivedi, Tewary, Agnihotri, Bajpei/Vajpeyee, Sharma, Awasthi, Tripathi
pretty woman	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 3/23/2004 8:22:44 PM quote: I don't know about all Trini women, but I know one and she fits all of your descriptions except the treatment part. And that person is the nicest woman I've met on planet earth. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. How sweet! She must be really lucky to have a guy like you speaking this way about her. Huuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggg
bnm86	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 3/23/2004 7:40:54 PM quote: That's what I see here in South Florida. I think ALL Indo-Trinidadian women are beautiful. Forget beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, regardless of how they've treated me. I tell everyone "Trini women are my weakness". And no matter how insecure I feel around them, I love being around them. Also, I've noticed I have a preference of being around Trinidadians and Guyanese more than Jamaicans. With the bad, there is always some good. I don't know about all Trini women, but I know one and she fits all of your descriptions except the treatment part. And that person is the nicest woman I've met on planet earth. No time...but had to comment on this.
humsuffer	Marathi last names replied on: 3/23/2004 7:39:15 PM Many Marathi (Maharashtrian) last names end in 'kar' or 'e' (the 'ay' sound) such as: Urmila Matondkar Lata Mangeshkar Sachin Tendulkar Isha Koppikar Shilpa Shirodkar Sonali Bendre Asha Bhonsle There are some exception though such as 'Madhuri Dixit', 'Soman' etc.
pretty woman	Caribbean replied on: 3/23/2004 7:26:50 PM quote: Surnames with RAM are often descendants of middle and working class Hindus. We have a lot of 'Ram' surnames here in the Caribbean as metioned before. Even I am one. LoL.
Kishi	Rai's Roots replied on: 3/23/2004 7:13:43 PM Khanna is Punjabi, and I'm pretty sure Saigal is North Indian/Punjabi.
madhura_raga	Rai's Roots replied on: 3/23/2004 5:27:22 PM quote: Aishwarya's family originate from the South Indian state of Karnataka, hailing from the city of Mangalore in the Konkan/Coorg region. Alright, Karnataka representing! We got Ash! We got Ash! This thread is such a store of information. And it's all right too; got my background down perfectly.
neisha_85	How to recognise an indian by their surname? replied on: 2/16/2004 8:40:04 PM Hi I was wondering. my last name is saigal and i wonder what kind of name saigal isfrom?My grandfather last name was singh saigal. Is Khanna is also a punjabi name too?.

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