Dwivedi
Dwivedi or Duvedi or Dubay or Dubey or Dube or Dobé is an Indian surname meaning versed in two Vedas.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 87.5% of all bearers of the surname Dwivedi were residents of India and 2.8% were residents of Nepal. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:[1]
- 1. Delhi (1: 2,472)
- 2. Uttarakhand (1: 6,749)
- 3. Chandigarh (1: 8,371)
- 4. Uttar Pradesh (1: 9,220)
- 5. Punjab (1: 10,084)
- 6. Bihar (1: 10,098)
- 7. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 13,689)
- 8. Maharashtra (1: 15,651)
Notable people with the surname Dwivedi
- Bal Govind Dwivedi - Hindi poet
- Chandraprakash Dwivedi - Indian film director and script writer
- Major General G. G. Dwivedi
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi - Hindi novelist
- Janardan Dwivedi - Politician from Indian National Congress party
- Kapil Deva Dvivedi - Sanskrit Scholar Padma Shri
- Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi - Indian writer
- Nikhil Dwivedi - Bollywood actor
- O.P. Dwivedi - Professor emiritus, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada
- Ragini Dwivedi - Kannada actress and model
- Ram Chandra Dwivedi - (AKA Kavi Pradeep) - Poet and songwriter
- Rewa Prasad Dwivedi - Sanskrit scholar and poet
- Satyendra Dubey- Project Director for NHAI, murdered for fighting against corruption
- Seema Dwivedi, Indian politician
- Sharada Dwivedi - Mumbai-based historian and researcher
- Sudhakara Dvivedi - Mathematician
See also
References
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