Kannada Origin Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Kannada. Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken in western India.
usage
origin
Kumar Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "boy, prince" in Sanskrit.
Rao 1 Telugu, Kannada
From Sanskrit राज (rāja) meaning "king".
Sharma Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Means "joy, shelter, comfort" in Sanskrit.