KORLEKAR Origin of surname
KORLEKAR
This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family relatives. Korlekar is a surname found among Jewish families of the Bene Israel community of India. Members of the Bene Israel community started adopting family names probably in early 19th century, under the influence of the British administration in India. During the 19th century significant numbers of Bene Israel left their ancestral villages and moved to the large cities. Most of their family names are based on the name of the native villages.
Korlekar is derived from the name of the village Korlai located in the Murud region of the Raigad district (tahsil, tehsil, in Hindi, also called taluka, especially in western parts of India) in the Konkan region on the western coastline of central Indian peninsula currently part of the modern Indian state of Maharashtra, plus the suffix "-kar", which in the local Marathi language means "(belonging to, originating, coming) from". This surname is documented as a Jewish family name with Maor Amitav Nachshon Sassoon Korlekar. Occasionaly bearers of the family name Korlekar changed it for the English sounding surname of Corley.
This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family relatives. Korlekar is a surname found among Jewish families of the Bene Israel community of India. Members of the Bene Israel community started adopting family names probably in early 19th century, under the influence of the British administration in India. During the 19th century significant numbers of Bene Israel left their ancestral villages and moved to the large cities. Most of their family names are based on the name of the native villages.
Korlekar is derived from the name of the village Korlai located in the Murud region of the Raigad district (tahsil, tehsil, in Hindi, also called taluka, especially in western parts of India) in the Konkan region on the western coastline of central Indian peninsula currently part of the modern Indian state of Maharashtra, plus the suffix "-kar", which in the local Marathi language means "(belonging to, originating, coming) from". This surname is documented as a Jewish family name with Maor Amitav Nachshon Sassoon Korlekar. Occasionaly bearers of the family name Korlekar changed it for the English sounding surname of Corley.