How can people in India tell what caste a person is from?

Question

Can’t you just lie?

In: Other

Answer 1

Truth is the last names or surnames generally give a good hint about the caste.

For example –

Brahmin -Sharma,
Brahmin -Trivedi,
Brahmin -Vyas,
Brahmin -Pandit,
Kshatriya -Thakker,
Kshatriya -Rajput,
Kshatriya -Singh,
Kshatriya -Thakor,
Kshatriya -Verma,
Vaisya -Gupta,