Odia Surnames

One who carries loads

Messenger or official

From Baripada in Mayurbhanj

Twelve houses or settlement

Munda tribal clan name meaning strong

Great lion warrior

One who resides or settles

Wealth or radiance

People of the Bathudi tribe

Military paymaster record keeper

One who manages or controls

One who drives or controls

One who manages or controls

Without pair

Bamboo worker

Fisherman

Cook or one who serves food

Devotee of god

Nephew or royal Bhanja clan

Royal clan of Bhanja dynasty

Learned Brahmin or scholar

Formidable lion warrior

Fisherman or palanquin bearer

Associated with Bhulia weaver community

Innocent or simple (epithet of Shiva)

Innocent Shiva

Bhottada tribal group of south Odisha

Weaver of coarse cloth

Landlord or estate holder

One who distributes or shares

One who pierces or is skilled

Knowledgeable one

Holder of knowledge

One who pierces or engraves

Brave warrior

One with diverse eyes (Shiva epithet)

Score or twenty (measurement unit)

Twenty-village administrator

Twenty or related to a score

Twenty-village headman

Head of twenty villages

Trustworthy or faithful

Naked or free (Bonda tribal group)

From Boudh district

Elder or wise one

Wise one

Old wise one

Twenty-six villages headman