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Pant is an interesting surname
Prevalent among both Maharashtrian and Uttarakhand Brahmins
Govind Ballabh Pant, the first CM of Uttar Pradesh was a Maharashtrian Brahmin
Whereas Rishabh Pant the cricketer is from Uttarakhand
Prevalent among both Maharashtrian and Uttarakhand Brahmins
Govind Ballabh Pant, the first CM of Uttar Pradesh was a Maharashtrian Brahmin
Whereas Rishabh Pant the cricketer is from Uttarakhand
There are a few other surnames in India which are curiously popular in geographies very distant from each other...
Mahajan is one
Common in Uttarakhand / Western UP if I am not wrong
But also common in Maharashtra
Mahajan is one
Common in Uttarakhand / Western UP if I am not wrong
But also common in Maharashtra
Bhatt is another surname
Which is very prevalent in Kashmir, and also in the Northern Plain
But equally popular in coastal Karnataka
Which is very prevalent in Kashmir, and also in the Northern Plain
But equally popular in coastal Karnataka
There are several other Gotra-linked surnames which are naturally prevalent in multiple geographies
So I am not counting those
E.g. Shandilya, Bhardwaj, etc
So I am not counting those
E.g. Shandilya, Bhardwaj, etc
There are a few others which are prevalent in adjacent states, which have very different lingual identity, but nevertheless close to each other
E.g. Deshpande, Kulkarni - popular in both Karnataka and Maharashtra
E.g. Deshpande, Kulkarni - popular in both Karnataka and Maharashtra
