Region wise digambar jain surnames
Digambar Jain surnames often vary by region, language, and lineage. There is no single fixed list, but these are some commonly seen Digambar Jain surnames/clan names by region:
North India
- Jain
- Seth / Sethia
- Bhandari
- Khandelwal
- Lodha / Lohia
- Mahuja
- Goyal / Goel
- Anand
- Jaini / Jaini
- Kasturi / Kothari in some families
Rajasthan
- Khandelwal
- Maheshwari
- Porwal
- Oswal
- Shrimal
- Bhoj
- Dugar
- Sanghvi
- Jain
- Taparia
Madhya Pradesh / Bundelkhand
- Jain
- Seth
- Kothari
- Bharilla
- Doshi
- Bafna
- Sanghvi
- Patni
- Nahar
Uttar Pradesh / Delhi belt
- Jain
- Jindal
- Bansal
- Goel
- Agarwal
- Kothari
- Sethia
- Chugh
- Paharia
Gujarat / Maharashtra
- Jain
- Seth
- Bafna
- Doshi
- Sanghvi
- Kothari
- Mehta
- Dugar
- Shah in some Jain families
South India
- Jain
- Jaini
- Seth
- Ranka
- Bhandari
- Kumbhat
- Patel in some Jain families
- Ajmera
- Lunawat
Important note
In Jain tradition, many names are actually:- gotra / clan names
- vanik / business-community names
- regional family surnames
If you want, I can also give you:
- Digambar Jain gotras, or
- state-wise surname list in a more complete format.