Town Names & Last Names

List of Town Names from where Raju’s Lastnames were Derived

Like almost all communities in India, almost all of the surnames come from the village that they lived in. The members of the Raju caste have names derived from their ancestral town of origin. The most commonly used suffixes to every settlement and their meaning is given.

-adri (Sanskrit) hill E.g., Narayanadri, Anjanadri.
-cheruvu (Telugu) lake.
-dham Temple E.g., Baidyanathdham, Gandhidham.
-durg Fort. E.g., Nandidurg, Jaladurg.
-eshwar,-eshwaram (Sanskrit ishwar), god, lord. E.g., Ankleshwar, Rameshwaram.
-giri (Sanskrit) mountain. E.g., Chandragiri.
-gudi (Kannada) temple. E.g., Basavanagudi.
-gunta (Telugu) lake. E.g., Renigunta.
-gutta,-gudda (Telugu, Kannada) small hill, E.g., Panjagutta.
-konda (Telugu) large hill. E.g., Golconda, Penukonda.
-kot,-kota Fort or fortified town. E.g., Rajkot, Pathankot. Perhaps a variant of this is -kotla (‘fortification’).
-madugu (Telugu) lake. E.g. Jammalamadugu.
-mangalam (Tamil), perhaps a camp for soldiers. E.g., Needamangalam.
-nagar (Sanskrit) town. E.g., Srinagar.
-palli (Tamil/Telugu). Also -halli,-alli (Kannada). Village. E.g., Thiruchirapalli, Jalahalli.
-palya,-palyam (Tamil) Fort E.g. Kalasipalyam.
-patnam (Telugu) port. Several variant spellings. E.g., Masulipattanam.
-pet,-pettai (Southern & western India). Marketplace. E.g., Hospet, Jolarpettai.
-prolu (Telugu) village. E.g. Bhattiprolu, Gollaprolu.
-pur,-puri,-pura,-puram,-pore (Sanskrit) town (walled city—may also mean a city with a citadel or palace). E.g., Kanpur, Thiruvananthapuram. Also Singapore!
-ur,-oor,-uru,-ore (Tamil/Kannada/Telugu). village/town. E.g., Kadambur, Bangalore, Coonoor.
-wada,-wara House. E.g., Bhilwada, Teliwara.

This is a list of the towns. Normally in Andhra Pradesh, from the town name an I, -pati, or Raju are added to the town name to come up with the family name. For example a person from Cherukuwada, Pakalapadu or Vegivada would have the family names of Cherukuri, Pakalapati and Vegiraju. Some towns were actually named after a certain family like Datlavarigudem, which means town of Datlas.

Andhra Pradesh, India

Guntur ALAKAPURAM ALLURU BAPATLA BUDDAM BETHAPUDI CHILUVURU ETIKATTA GOKARAJUPALEM GAJULURI GUNTUR GODAVARRU KASIPADU KARLAPALEM KHAJIPALEM MANTHENAVARIPALEM MARRIPUDI MUPPALLA NALLAPADU NAMBUR NADIMPALLE PITTALAVANIPALEM PAKALAPADU PERICHERLA POTLURU RAJUVARIPALEM REPALLE SAMANTHAPUDI SEKURU TENALI VELAVARTHIPADU	Krishna ALLURU ADDADA CHINTALAPUDI GOKARAJUPALLE GOTTUMUKKALA INAMPUDI JUJJURU KALIDINDI KANKIPADU KONDURU KOSURU KOTHAPALLE KANUMURU KUNAPARAJUPARVA MADHIRAPADU MANTHENA PENUMATCHA PORANKI RUDRAVARAM VATSAVAI VEMULAMADA	West Godavari BAYYVARAM BHIMAVARAM BETHAPUDI CHERUKUWADA CHINTAPALLI DENDULURU DATLAVARIGUDEM ERRAGUNTAPALLE MANDAPAKA MALLIPUDI MARAMPALLI PIPPARA SAGIPADU SARIPALLE TIRUMALADEVIPETA UPPALAPADU VEGESWARAPURAM VELAGALERU VEGIVADA	Vizianagaram GANGARAJAPURAM KUMILI PUSAPATIPALEM SAKI CHINNA TADIVADA PEDDA TADIVADA TETTANGI PEDDA MAJJI PALEM DWARAPUDI DATTI RAJERU BILLALAVALASA PUSAPATI REGA PORLANKI BHIMALI TALLAVALASA	East Godavari Adurru Bhupathipalem Chodavaram Dwarapudi Gorinta Godi Godilanka Indukutu Kovvuru Pillanka Pulidindi Ryali Rajupalem Vetukuru
Visakhapatnam CHODAVARAM DURGAM GADIRAI GANAPARTHI JAMPANA LAKKAVARAM PATIPALLE TOTAKURAPALEM	Prakasam DANDUPETA GUDURU MUDDUNURU PAGALLAPALLE	Kadapa KADAPA RAJAMPET KODUR JAMMALAMADUGU	Prakasam KANDULURU