Family name origins & meanings
- Indian (Karnataka and Maharashtra) : Hindu (usually Brahman) name, from Marathi dešpạṇde ‘district accountant’, formerly a hereditary office (from Sanskrit deša ‘country’, ‘district’ + pạṇdita ‘learned man’).
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