What does a surname like Chopra, Kapoor, Deshpande, Malhotra, Khan, Shetty, Sharma, etc. denote?
What is the origin of typical state specific sir-names ? e.g. patels and shahs of gujarat, maharashtrians having kar/le usually in ending, das/chattopadhaya/sen etc for bengalis, kaur/chopra/khanna for punjabis , etc.