Patnaik
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Pattanayak or Patnaik is the most popular and powerful brahmin last name from the state of Orissa, India. It is formed from two words Pato (is related to literature) and Naik (ie., authority). Hence the family origin is from the ancestors who were very good at literature.
People with this surname Patnaik were good at math and literature. So, most of the ancestors under this family were poets, educational chiefs and also were handling the positions such as village karanam (some authoritative role overseeing villages).
