Analysis of surnames of Yellapus

The most common surnames amongst the yellapus (in alphabetical order) with analysis how they got that name are as follows:
• Aadi: The word Adi denotes first in Sanskrit. They may be the early persons to migrate or to perform something.
• Akireddy: The title reddy is given to their vassals during the period of Prataparudra-2 of Kakatiyas. They may be relating to Akineedu or Rulers of Aki region. It reveals that Yellapus worked during the period of Prataparudra and they also ruled over certain region called Aki, possibly in the west Godavari district.
• Anabheri: The word Anabheri is a corrupt form of Ranabheri, which is a musical instrument played during the war to terrify the enemies. People of this family are known for their bravery in the caste.
• Aparaju: The word Aparaju is probably a corrupt form of Apararaju, which means king like person. It is a usual title taken during the eary medieval and medieval period. This reveals that this family would have certainly ruled as vassal.
• Arakala: It means plough in Telugu, which is an agricultural instrument. These families would have manufactured or sold them or initially used ploughs shifting from the existing technology in olden days.
• Aregala: It is a famous surname in the north Telangana area in other castes also.
• Avari: It is a Quenya word, which means refusor of summons. The Avari remained a "wild folk", often dwellers of forests and caves. They may be migrated from the Elvis, which is known by them as middle earth. If this assumption is correct, this family would be the up keeping their clan name from the oldest ancestors. It is a famous family name in the Europe.
This word may be also relating to the Tamil word of awar, which means they in telugu and denoted respectable persons. These families may be one of the respected families of those days.
• Basa: The meaning of Basa is oath. This people may take pledge or study the pledge before going to the war, or in such other way. They would have pledged people to do some great thing.
• Beerpur: This is the name of the village in which this family lived before migrating.
• Balasankula: This word is also related to war. The word of samaram may be missing in it. Bala means child and sankula means intense. This people may be famous for fighting the intense wars even during the childhood.
• Bonagiri: This is the name of the fort town in the district of Nalgonda in Andhrapradesh, where these people lived after migration from Bobbili and before migrating to Karimnagar district. The origin of these people is certainly in the neighborhood of Delhi, as the Gotra is Kashyapa.The origin of these gotra people is believed to be Russia, as many kasyapovs (Russian form of kashyapa) exists.
• Bongaram: It is a top in english. These families may be manufacturers or sellers of these tops. It may be a strategic arrangement of army, while fighting the enemies, in which these families would have worked.
• Bonthla: It is a textile, especially stitched it to make it thick and used as carpet by the people. These people may be in the manufacturing of Bonthalu or sales of them.
• Bethi: This is a famous surname in the district of Warangal in different castes. It is related to the orugallu dynasty. These families would have related to betharaju or atleast worked under him. It reveals that yellapus were present during the perioed of Betharaju in Andhra Pradesh.
• Chanda: I feel it is a name of a town in the Maharastra, in the borders of Andhrapradesh, where these people would have lived before migrating to A.P.
• Chataraju: These people are certainly rulers of chat region.
• Cherukuthota: It reveals the agriculture activity of these families, predominantly during their presence in Vidharba region, which is famous for sugarcane cultivation.
• Chetti: It is a usual word denoting business community in Tamil and coastal region. It reveals connection to this above region and business community.
• Chintharapu: It is a name of a village where these family members lived. The tamarind trees might be plenty in that village, with which it got this name.
• Chintapandu: It means Tamarind.It is a famous family name in the agricultural castes. These families would have involved in the production and sales of tamarind in olden days.
• Dadi: This is a famous family name in telangana areas. These people may be related to the grand parents, where more number of other people was present It is a Hindi word and reveals the North Indian connection of Yellapus.
• Gujjeti: These families may be related to the gujjers, the nomadic inhabitants of Rajastan and kashmir.It is one of the names of the clans of the Gujjers.
• Gadapa: It is a corrupt form of Kadapa and it reveals the connection of Yellapus to Rayalaseema region.
• Gandhe: It is a corrupt form of Gandhi, which means a sandalwood perfume. It reveals the connection of western India of yellapus. It is very famous surname in the Maharastra.
• Gandla: It means one who had Ganugu, (oil making machine of olden days). These families would have extracted the oil out of agricultural products.
• Ganta: The meaning of this word is bell. These families may be at village bell. This bell is usually kept at the center of village to alert the people for many purposes including the safety. There use to be soldiers near the bell.
• Gargula and Garige: It is a corrupt form of Garg saint, which is the famous family name in north India. It is also a famous gotra throughout the India. It reveals the North Indian connection of Yellapus. It is also a famous surname in the Europe.
• Jampala: It is also a famous family name in the district of Warangal. It reveals the connection of yellapus to Warangal district, especially relating to kakatiya period.
• Jangeti: It is a name of a village near meerut in U.P. It may reveal their relation with U.p. It is exactly matching with the place of living of Yellapus near Delhi, before migrating to other places.
• Jangili: The meaning of the word is forest. It may reveal the living of these families in forest.
• Kailasa: Meaning of the word is abode of lord shiva. These families would have live in the kailas area or area developed on that area.It reveals the connection of yellapus to shaivism and North India.
• Kandunuri:It may be name of a village.
• Kaluvala:It means lotus. It is a famous surname among the Telangana area. It may be a strategy of a war, like padmavyuha.
• Kondu:It is a corrupt form of konda, which means hill. These families would have lived on or near hill or worked on hill fort like Bonagiri, etc.
• Karnavattula:It is also a famous surname. It may be related to karna, a rajput king of medieval period.
• Korukanti:It may be corrupt form of orugnti, which is capital of kakatiyas.Similar corruption of word goruganti has took place in velamas also.
• Kosna: It may be related to kosni river or a Telugu word kosina, which means which cut. It is also interested to find that Kosna is a city in Bialistock, poland.If we believe that they upkeeped their foriegn name upon a city name, the roots of yellapus widens to Poland, russia, etc., who possibly mirated to the India in ancient period.If my imagination is the correct then these people are the up keepers of their oldest surname
• Kola: It is a name of a peninsula located in the northwest of Russia. It borders on Norway, Finland, the Barentsz sea and the White sea (Belo more).It is also name of a nut. It is also a medicinal herb name. This family would have derived on ny of the names.
• Koppula: This word is related to hair. These families would have grown the long hair and tied it. It is usually a north Indian custom. Otherwise, these people would have tradition of cutting the tied hairs of the enemies, similar to the tradition prevailing during the Mahabharata period.
• Kotte: The meaning of this word is shop or business place. It is corrupt form of kottai, a Tamil word entered into Telugu. It reveals the business connection of these families. The other meaning of this word is one who beat in Telugu. These families would have beaten the people as a part of profession or part of teasing. This is a nomadic tradition, which might have continued till the migration to Telugu areas.
• Katakam: It is a famous surname in Andhra Pradesh. Katakam was the erstwhile capital of kalinga dynasty. Presently, it is known as cuttack and part of odisha state. It reveals the presence of yellapus in the state of kalinga. During the war against the prataparudra Gajapati, srikrishnadevaraya has taken his loyal and capable army and defeated him. Later a compromise was made between both of them by a marital relation. But krishnadeva has left his army at cuttacum. Subsequently, these families were re-migrated to a.p.
• Kamatam: This surname is also famous in the agricultural communities in a.p. Its exact meaning is Land. These families would have involved in the agricultural operations for the first time in the caste, leaving the natural profession of soldiers.
• Koodala:it is a corrupt form of koodali, which means an adjoining point of more than two roads. Usually there was presence of soldiers at X- roads in olden days. These people may be the soldiers working in such area or lived in such a place. The first one would be most probable as the large chunk of people (koodala) cannot stay at single koodali.
• Lakkakula: Usually foreigners pronounce the Lakh as lakka.Even in Hindhi also lak maeans lakh. It means one lakh leaves.It reveals that these families maintained relations with other countries during their stay in bordering states. These people would have imported these leaves from else where or performed the pujas with these leaves, in similarity with Laksha Bilvarchana.It may be also possible that these people would have also foreign decent.
• Lakkam: These people would have counted the Lakh leaves. They may be worked under the Lakkakulas or vice verca.
• Madapally: It is name of the village on the coast.one madapally is located in the kerala state in kottayam district.
• Madapathi: It is a famous surname in Krishna district. It may be the corrupt form of mada-pathi, which means owner of the land on the coast. It may be also a corrupt form of Medhopati, which means an intelligent king and its related. But the surname of madapally and madapathi suggests that the first view of land owner on the coast is the appropriate. The families of madapally would have also worked or lived under the Madapathis.
• Madasu: It may be corrupt form of Mahadas, an odiyan word in Telugu, which is derived from Sanskrit.It means great Servant. It again reveals the migration of yellapus to kalingan area and their remigration to a.p. These families would have worked as chief servants of king during their stay at kalinga.
• Malka: It is a kind of a pulse. These people might have involved in the production or selling of this pulse. It reveals the connection of Yellapus to either business or agriculture.
• Maidam: Maidam means a vault in assamese language. It is a grave yard of Ahoms.Many maidams were unearthed in dibrugarh district of assam.But we have to doubt whether yellapus have relations with assam state.
• Mekala: It means persons relating to goats.The activity of upkeeping the goats are prime activity in Maharastra and North India. These families would have taken up rearing of goats, during nomadic or in helpless condition.
• Muppala: It is a famous surname in coastal area of a.p. It reveals the presence of yellapus in coastal areas of a.p.
• Namani: It is a Sanskrit word and related to name and having the multiple meanings. It is a very famous surname in India and European countries.
• Naradasu: It is a corrupt form of Narahdas, again a odiya word derived from Sanskrit. It means servant of king. It reveals the connection of yellapus to the to kalinga area. These families may be the personal servants of the king.
• Nanvala: It is a Tamil word. It means .It reveals the Tamil connection of yellapus. It also seems like an Italian name and Sanskrit name.
• Onna: It means one in Tamil. It reveals the Tamil connection of Yellapus. They may be migrated to Tamil lands during the period of Krishnadevaraya and come back to a.p.
• Pagadala: Pagadam is one of the nine precious stones. These families would have in the business of this stone, while their stay in the coastal areas. It may be also a name of a regiment in which these families would have worked.
• Padala: It is very famous surname in telangana districts among the other castes. Padala is a word from the Tagalog language which means "consignment" or "the thing consigned". The word also has become a cultural concept, a tradition and a state of mind of Filipinos leaving their native country to work in foreign lands as Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs) in order to "send something" back home. These workers send things to their families back home in the form of padala; either money or material goods utilizing balikbayan boxes. Padala has developed into a way of life that is actually an increasingly extensive network of formal and informal money remitters or cargo forwarders that comprise the padala system.
• palle: It means a tiny village in Telugu, where these families would have resided abutting to town, where yellapus were predominant. The town people might have said and recognized them as palle varu,etc.
• Paruvelly:It is name of a village, where these people would have resided.
• Puram:It is a Sanskrit word , which means a town. These people would have worked in the town. They may be called as puram varu ,etc, by the rural area people. The two surnames palle and puram explains the living relationship between these families despite of disparities.
• Puramshetti:It means the shetti(businessman of south India) living in Puram(town).This reveals that certain Yellapus living in the town were taken up the business, by leaving the traditional profession.
• Pedda:It means Big or Great. These people might be enjoyed great power and wold have treated as great among the caste. Or they may be elder in the age.
• Penchala: Penchala is a name of a village in the karauli district of Rajasthan,where most of the Gujjers live.It reveals the connection of yellapus to Rajastan and Gujjers. It also supports that the surname of Gujjeti also relates to Gujjers only.
• Perkari: This may be related to the perka, which may be a village in north India.
• Puppala: The root word may be puppa, which means uncle in Hindi. This may be because of their living in uncles home due to unavoidable circumstances. This also reveals their north Indian connection.
• Ramneni:This word reveals the two aspects of yellapus. One, relation of them to Lord Rama and U.P. second, their amalgamation into the Andhra castes by having Neni as suffix, which is usual in south coastal districts, especially in kapus and velamas.
• Rachakonda: It is a famous fort capital of Rachakonda velamas in the district of Nalgonda of a.p. state, where these families would have worked. It is to ascertain whether these people have worked during the period of velamas or at later date, before migrating to karimnagar district.
• Ramshetti: This also reveals the connection of Yellapus to the Lord Rama, U.P. and to business.
• Rapole: This is a corrupt form of Rayaprolu, which is a title given to the leaders of the soldiers during the period of Vijayanagara dynasty. Certainly these people would have enjoyed very good position during that period. It is a famous surname in coastal areas. The corruption of word would have taken place in Nalgonda district, as one famous historical temple in Suryapet town has same pronunciation.
• Saini:It may be the corrupt form of sahni, which is a title of a leader of soldiers of certain level in the Maratha kingdom. The presence of saini families in Nagpur town supports this view.It reveals the marathi connection of yellapus and supports the view that before migrating to a.p., they were in Maharastra. Most of the saini families led their life in the borders of Maharastra in the recent past.
Saini is a Rajput descent warrior caste of India. Sainis, also known as Shoorsaini in Puranic literature, are now found by their original name only in Punjab and in the neighboring states of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. They trace their descent from Rajputs of the Yaduvanshi Surasena lineage, originating from Yadava King Shurasena, who was the grandfather of both Krishna and the legendary Pandava warriors. Sainis relocated to Punjab from Mathura and surrounding areas over different periods of time.
• Salvaji: It is pronounced as salvaji or salvadi.Salva means Army in Hindhi.It is a famous term in the central Indian region. Salvaji is a complete Hindi term, which means the respectable person relating to Army. It has a corrupt form in Telugu in the form of Salvadi, which means the army staff staying in the front line. Mostly, the brave people were kept in the front line to fight with enemies. This term mostly supports the term yellapus , which means (ela+ apa), one who stops the first flow of enemy soldiers in their own army.
• Shetti:It means a business man. I feel that some inconvenient prefix is definitely missing. It may be because of their in-depth involvement in their business or with local community.
• Sunkara:It is also a famous surname in many castes. It means a subordinate working under an officer, especially under revenue administrator.
• Sunki:This term is related to tax(sunkam). These families would have collected tax from the people either for kings or to pay to kings. The surnames of sunkara and sunki may be related and the sunkaras might have assisted the sunkis during their revenue collection process.
• Thoom: It means a water passage from a tank or stream. It is related to agriculture. This reveals the connection of yellapus to
• Thota: It is also an agricultural term which means garden. It is also a famous surname amongst the agricultural communities. This surname reveals shift of occupation or amalgamation of other castes in A.p. into core yellapus.
• Tula: It means balance. It is related either to business or it may be name of a regiment, of which soldiers are released as per the strategy.
• Veeramalla: Veera means brave and malla means wrestler. It means a brave wrestler. The large body structure of these family members supports that they were worked as wrestlers in olden days, which was a famous sport during the days of kings.
• Veerla: This means the person of brave family, usually worked in the army in ancient days. These family members also have large structures.
• Velmula:It is a name of a village in Medhak district in a Ramachandrapuram Block. These people may be resided in this village.
• Velpula: This means God or Goddess. These families might be priests among this yellapus, especially at the time of war. They would have invoked the God to make their army regiment psychologically stronger and make them enthusiastic. Such sacred practices were present also amongst velamas.
• Vodnala:It is a famous surname in Telangana area.
.Vugrala: This means the persons of angry nature. These families might be very ferocious at the time of war, etc. This is the nature of most of the yellapus.
• Vulise:It may be a kannada word. It is a famous surname in coastal areas also.