Dev is a Nepali last name found among Brahmin, Newar-Brahman, and Thakuri communities. Some families connect this name with Rajopadhyaya Devabhaju Brahman lineages. Spellings and traditions may vary by place and family.
Research summary
What the Dev record currently shows
HamroBansa records Dev as a Nepali last name. The links below bring together reviewed community classifications, gotra traditions, place associations and public family histories without treating a shared surname as proof that two people are related.
These links share a reviewed gotra connection or a recorded community classification with Dev. They are research leads, not evidence that families are related.
A shared last name does not establish a relationship between families. Compare names, dates, places and original records before drawing conclusions. Our editorial standards explain how catalog links and citations are assessed.
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A surname alone cannot establish a person's ancestry or relationship to another family.