South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada & Udupi) is home to a few subsects of brahmins Shivalli, Kota and Koteshwara that have a few distinct family names (surnames). Elsewhere in Karnataka amongst the pancha dravidas the surnames are generic for e.g., the surname Bhat may be the surname adopted by a family that were traditionally priests or ritualists, Shastri or Acharya maybe titles acquired by a family at some point in time. Hegde amongst the Havyakas would be the surname of a Laukika family, the same is the case with Rao in other communities.
The Kota surnames are Karanth, Mayya, Holla, Navada, Hande, Tunga, Herala, Urala. Each of these surnames denote a single family that has divided over time. Karanth from the village of Karathattu, Hande from Handattu, but the origin of Tunga, Mayya, Navada, Herala is not clear. Is Urala from the term Uralar used in Kerala and Tamil Nadu for the members of the sabha that managed a temple.
From
http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/bitstream/handle/unigoa/3521/Q_J_Mythic%20Soc_92(3n4)_2001_169-184.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Kota : This village is situated between Kundapura and Brahmavar in the Udupi taluk. Gramapaddhati mentions the brahman families like Tunga, Hol|a, Karanta, Herala, Hande, Navada, Basari, Hebbara and Orala. These families are stated to have been distributed in the following adhivasa of Kota.6 Karatattu (Chirapadi) - Karanta; Parampalli - Hebbara and Holla; Karakadu (Karkada) - Navada; Haratattu - Mayya, Herala; Kotattu - Tunga; and Handattu - Basari, Hande.
The Koteshwara are probably numerically the smallest amongst the the three and are followers of Vadiraja who is supposed to have rehabilated them. I have no clue about how the origin of their surnames Hathwar, Biliya, Gota. They are not mentioned by Gramapaddhati which is also interesting.
The Shivallis are numerically the strongest, have followers of all the three vedas amongst them although the followers of the taittiriya are very few and jaiminiyas are even fewer (single root family ?). Their surnames are in somewhat documented in http://shivallibrahmins.com/family-names/list-of-all-shivalli-family-names/
The Kota surnames are Karanth, Mayya, Holla, Navada, Hande, Tunga, Herala, Urala. Each of these surnames denote a single family that has divided over time. Karanth from the village of Karathattu, Hande from Handattu, but the origin of Tunga, Mayya, Navada, Herala is not clear. Is Urala from the term Uralar used in Kerala and Tamil Nadu for the members of the sabha that managed a temple.
From
http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/bitstream/handle/unigoa/3521/Q_J_Mythic%20Soc_92(3n4)_2001_169-184.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Kota : This village is situated between Kundapura and Brahmavar in the Udupi taluk. Gramapaddhati mentions the brahman families like Tunga, Hol|a, Karanta, Herala, Hande, Navada, Basari, Hebbara and Orala. These families are stated to have been distributed in the following adhivasa of Kota.6 Karatattu (Chirapadi) - Karanta; Parampalli - Hebbara and Holla; Karakadu (Karkada) - Navada; Haratattu - Mayya, Herala; Kotattu - Tunga; and Handattu - Basari, Hande.
The Koteshwara are probably numerically the smallest amongst the the three and are followers of Vadiraja who is supposed to have rehabilated them. I have no clue about how the origin of their surnames Hathwar, Biliya, Gota. They are not mentioned by Gramapaddhati which is also interesting.
The Shivallis are numerically the strongest, have followers of all the three vedas amongst them although the followers of the taittiriya are very few and jaiminiyas are even fewer (single root family ?). Their surnames are in somewhat documented in http://shivallibrahmins.com/family-names/list-of-all-shivalli-family-names/
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