Gowda (surname)
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Gowda (surname)
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Gowda is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas and kurubaGowdas in South Karnataka, Vokkaliga Gowda, kurubaGowdas and the Lingayats in north Karnataka. It is also used by other communities like Namadhari Naiks, Billavas. Gowda was originally an honorific used by the administrative head of a village. Typically, such a head owned land and held political and social sway in the village. Among Reddy, it was used to refer to the head of the community.
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Indian surname
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowda_(surname)
date created:
2013-01-10T22:08:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T03:13:35Z
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