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Nadkarni Surname Meaning

Indian (Goa Karnataka): usually Brahmin name meaning ‘district accountant’ from Kannada nāḍu ‘province district’ + Sanskrit karaṇa ‘writer’ or karṇī ‘helmsman’.

In former times it used to be the title of a hereditary official equivalent to Deshpande in other areas of India.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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