Towns of origin of the Rajus

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 meanin 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 Cheruku"wada", Pakala"padu" or Vegi"vada" would have the family names of Cherukur"i", Pakala"pati" and Vegi"raju". Some towns were actually named after a certain family like Datlavarigudem, which means town of Datlas.

Andhra Pradesh, India

West Godavari District

#BAYYVARAM
#BHIMAVARAM
#BETHAPUDI
#CHERUKUWADA
#DENDULURU
#DATLAVARIGUDEM
#ERRAGUNTAPALLE
#MANDAPAKA
#MALLIPUDI
#MARAMPALLI
#PIPPARA
#SAGIPADU
#SARIPALLE
#TIRUMALADEVIPETA
#UPPALAPADU
#VEGESWARAPURAM
#VELAGALERU
#VEGIVADA

East Godavari District

#Adurru
#Bhupathipalem
#Chodavaram
#Dwarapudi
#Gorinta
#Godi
#Godilanka
#Indukutu
#Kovvuru
#Pillanka
#Pulidindi
#Ryali
#Rajupalem
#Vetukuru
Kota Vamsa People are the Kings of Raju's

Guntur District

#ALAKAPURAM [http://www.alakapuram.com]
#ALLURU
#BAPATLA
#BUDDAM
#BETHAPUDI
#CHILUVURU
#ETIKATTA
#GOKARAJUPALEM
#GAJULURI
#GUNTUR
#GODAVARRU
#KASIPADU
#KARLAPALEM
#KHAJIPALEM [http://khajipalem.com]
#MANTHENAVARIPALEM
#MARRIPUDI
#MUPPALLA
#NALLAPADU
#NAMBUR
#NADIMPALLE
#PITTALAVANIPALEM
#PAKALAPADU
#PERICHERLA
#POTLURU
#RAJUVARIPALEM
#REPALLE
#SAMANTHAPUDI
#SEKURU
#TENALI
#VELAVARTHIPADU

Khammam District

#DANDUPETA
#GUDURU
#MUDDUNURU
#PAGALLAPALLE

Krishna District

#ALLURU
#ADDADA
#CHINTALAPUDI
#GOKARAJUPALLE
#GOTTUMUKKALA
#INAMPUDI
#JUJJURU
#KALIDINDI
#KANKIPADU
#KONDURU
#KOSURU
#KOTHAPALLE
#KANUMURU
#KUNAPARAJUPARVA
#MADHIRAPADU
#MANTHENA
#PENUMATCHA
#PORANKI
#RUDRAVARAM
#VATSAVAI
#VEMULAMADAkonda

Kurnool District

Kadapa District

#KADAPA
#RAJAMPET
#KODUR
#Jammalmadugu

Visakhapatnam District

#CHODAVARAM
#DURGAM
#GADIRAI
#GANAPARTHI
#JAMPANA
#LAKKAVARAM
#PATIPALLE
#TOTAKURAPALEM

Vijayawada District

#BEJAWADA

Vizianagaram District

#GANGARAJAPURAM
#KUMILI
#PUSAPATIPALEM
#SAKI
#CHINNA TADIVADA
#PEDDA TADIVADA
#TETTANGI
#PEDDA MAJJI PALEM
#DWARAPUDI
#DATTI RAJERU
#BILLALAVALASA
#PUSAPATI REGA
#PORLANKI
#BHIMALI
#TALLAVALASA

References

*Place Names [http://irfca.org/docs/place-names.html]
*Telugu Etymology [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=config&morpho=0&basename=datadrav elet&first=1]
*Poduru [http://www.poduru.com/gothramulu.htm]
*Kshatriya Seva Samithi [http://www.indianrootsweb.com/index.aspx]
*Rajapalayam Rajus [http://www.chennairajus.com/gothram.htm]
*Rajapalyam Rajus USA [http://www.rajapalayam.us/history/rjpm.php]
*Hindu Tribes and Castes [http://books.google.com/books?id=8V4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA128&dq=pusapati&lr=&as_brr=0#PPA126,M1]
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