Dravid (surname)

Dravid (Marathi: द्रविड) is a surname found in the Brahmin community in the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka of India. Since they came from land known then as the 'Dravida' region, they took the surname while settling in Maharashtra.[1]

Prominent Dravids

Notes

  1. M. Srinivasa Iyengar (1914). Tamil studies or Essays on the history of the Tamil people, language, religion and literature. Madras: G. C. Loganadham Brothers. p. 2.
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