The surname ‘Marathe’ is commonly found among Brahmins like ‘Chitpavan’, ‘Saraswat’, ‘Devrukhe’ as well as amongs other castes like ‘Kunbi’s and ‘Maratha’s. This website, however, caters to the maharashtrian ‘Chitpavan’ Brahmins. The surnames ‘chakradev’, ‘Fadnis’, ‘Jaeel’, ‘Joshi’, ‘Khambete’, ‘Ratate’, ‘Vidwans’ are also included under ‘Marathe’s as these people were originally having surname ‘Marathe’ which over a period time changed as a consequence to some happenings. In historic times, during the ‘Peshwa’ rule, some from ‘Marathe’ clan also had designations like ‘Dikshit’, ‘Fadnis’, ‘Upadhye’, ‘Dharmadhikari’, ‘Naik’, ‘Mahajan’, ‘Vyavahare’. As such many have adapted their designations as their surnames over a period of time.
The inscriptions excavated from the archeological sites, refer the individuals with their ‘Gotra’ and ‘Sutra’ and not by the surnames. Though not amongst the ‘Chitpavan’s, but among many other castes of Maharashtra, the surnames have been formed by adding ‘kar’ to the name of the village/place from where the ancestors of these individuals originated e.g. ‘Wadekar’, ‘Tendulkar’, ‘Vengasarkar’, ‘Agarkar’ etc. (such examples are more common among Maharashtrian Cricketers). The castes which were predominantly in Service/profession, have adapted the profession or designations as their surnames e.g. ‘Tambat’ ‘Kumbhar’, ‘Joshi’, ‘Karbhari’, ‘Killedar’, ‘Jakatdar’, ‘Chowkidar’, ‘Chitnavis’ etc.
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