Nepali last name
Gautam is a Nepali last name found among Brahmin and Tarai-Hindu communities. Some families connect this name with Atreya (Purbiya) or Rajput lineages. Spellings and traditions may vary by place and family.
Research summary
HamroBansa records Gautam 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.
The 2017 Krämer table records Gautam in two rows. Its Bahun row includes Atreya in the clan/gotra column and Purbiya in the Brahman group column. A separate row records Gautam under Tarai-Hindu with Rajput as the accompanying classification. Those details belong to different rows of the source; Atreya should not be applied to the Tarai-Hindu row by association.
This table documents that the spelling Gautam occurs in more than one classification. It does not say how many Gautam families follow either tradition, where a particular family lived, or whether two Gautam households share an ancestor. A branch-specific gotra claim needs its own family evidence; the catalog row alone is not that evidence.
These links share a reviewed gotra connection or a recorded community classification with Gautam. 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.
A surname alone cannot establish a person's ancestry or relationship to another family.
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