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Varma (surname)

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Varma and Verma are surnames found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region.[1][2] In India, the surname is used in the northern half of the country by Kayasthas,[3] Jats,[4] Rajputs,[5] Koches,[6] Kurmis,[7] and Koeris.[8]

Indian traditional usage

According to Ayodhya Prasad Sah, the title was also used by some Brahmins in parts of Odisha, although it is recommended historically for the Kshatriyas.[9]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname "Varma" or its variants include:

Burman

Dev Burman

Varma

Varman

  • Varman dynasty (4–7 c.), a dynasty of Kamarupa, including a list of rulers
  • Suryavarman II, Great King of the Khmer Empire and builder of Angkor Wat

Verma

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
  2. Chatterjee, Suhas (1998). Indian Civilization and Culture. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-7533-083-2.
  3. Atal, Y (2012). Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242. ISBN 978-81-317-9759-4.
  4. Su, Yong; Zhang, Man; Guo, Qiaosheng; Wei, Min; Shi, Hongzhuan; Wang, Tao; Han, Zhengzhou; Liu, Huihui; Liu, Chang; Huang, Jianmin (18 August 2023). "Classification of Isatis indigotica Fortune and Isatis tinctoria Linnaeus via comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes". BMC Genomics. 24 (1) 465. doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09534-8. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 10436401. PMID 37596543.
  5. Rajput, Shelal Lodhi (2020). "Unfolding the Contributions of Greek & Roman Philosophers in Natural Law School of Jurisprudence". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3751247. ISSN 1556-5068.
  6. Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1451. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
  7. "The Kurmi: a political history". Indian express. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  8. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute. India: Cultural Research Institute West Bengal (India). 2004. p. 26. Recently, they have adopted surnames like Verma, Mehta and Kushwaha . Their subgroups are mostly endogamous . There are five major social divisions or endogamous subgroups among the Koiri of West Bengal.
  9. Sah, Ayodhya Prasad (1976). Life in mediæval Orissa, cir. A.D. 600-1200. Chaukhambha Orientalia. p. 123.