Mudakatte

Mudakatte or Mudkatte is a surname amongst the Gowd Saraswat Brahmins. All Mudakattes are originally Konkani-speaking Shenoys. There were several Shenoy families in the village of Kaup in coastal Karnataka. One of the families lived in a home having three large steps at their main entrance. As a result the family was called the shenoy(sheno) family. This in Kannada, the language of the majority of the populace of Kaup was Moor katte which eventually became Mudkatte or Mudakatte Shenoy and finally was only Mudkatte or Mudakatte.