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In India, does a person's last name determine his religion?

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  • 9 years ago
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    In almost every country this is so.

    If surname is Khan etc - Muslim

    Taylor etc - Christian

    Shukla etc- Hindu

  • 9 years ago

    Sometimes. If they have an Arabic name, they are probably Muslim (Ahmad, Yusuf, Ali, etc). If they have a European name they are probably Christian (D'Souza, DeMello, Russell, etc.). If they have a Parsee name they are probably Parsee (Ruzbih, Wadhia, Duruwalla, etc.). But it's not always obvious; sometimes people named Patel are Hindu, sometimes they are Jain. People named Singh are usually Sikhs. If they are named after a Hindu god they are most likely Hindu (Krishna, Radha, Rama, etc.) However, as someone pointed out, some Indians change their religion or have no religion at all.

    Source(s): My wife is from India.
  • 9 years ago

    90%

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    not necessarily. Besides, there are people there who change religions, but who don't change their name. What then?

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