is ur name TA

If one happens to visit hill city of Shimla, would invariably comes familiar to the surname such as Panta, Kalta, Bamta, Sapta and so on.

People of Shimla, Solan, Sirmour, Kullu and some parts of Mandi district, which were previously named as Shimla hill states, existed before formation of Himachal Pradesh, carry such surnames which ends with 'Ta'.

Ancestors, native places where the family or 'biradari' belongs is associated to their their surname with ending letters TA, says experts. That is why former hill states are is often called (informally) as Ta-Pradesh or Khadustan (informal; meaning places where people bring up khadu-male sheep).

Though newcomers find it very difficult to decipherer, how many names can end with Ta. But in former Shimla hill states it is not only ...Ta, ...Tu/Too, ...aN, ...aL also exists in scores of surnames.


Interestingly one surname ending with Ta, not included in the elusive list, (with smiles:on which even experts are not sure how they took from this gorgeous place,) is Tata.

To start at least, I wish to present this list, which would urge readers to comment with any addition or change or editing in the list.

ANCHLETA

AOMTA

APTA

ATRETA

AUCTA

BALNAHTA

BAMTA

BANDTA

BANOLTA

BAPTA

BEKTA

BEPTA

BHAGCHINTA

BHAGTA

BHAKTA

BHAPTA

BHAUTA

BHICKTA

BHIKTA

BHIMTA

BHINTA

BHOKTA

BHRANTA

BINTA

BRAKTA

BRAMTA

BRAMTA

CAMTA

CHANJTA

CHANZTA

CHAPTA

CHATRANTA

CHESTA

CHHINTA

CRAPTA

CRECKTA

DAKTA

DANSINGTA

DASTA

DELTA

DESHTA

DHALTA

DHANALTA

DHANTA

DHAULTA

DHIMPTA

DHIRTA

DILTA

DIPTA

DIWANTA

DOLTA

DRUPTA

DULTA

FALTA

FISTA

GAJTA

GAMTA

GANGTA

GEDTTA

GESTA

GHALTA

GHAMTA

GHEZTA

GHUNTA

GLALTA

GOLTA

HANSRETA

HARTAHAUTA

HIMTA

JAGAMTA

JAGITHTA

JALTA

JAMALTA

JAMTA

JANARTHA/TA

JANGTA

JHAGTA

JHALTA

JHARTA

JHINGTA

JIMTA

JISTA

JOBHTA

JODHTA

JOGTA

KAJOLTA

KAJOLTA

KALTA

KAMALTA

KAMTA

KAPALTA

KAPTA

KHANDOLTA

KHANGTA

KHEWTA

KHINTA

KHINTA

KHOLTA

KIKTA

KISTA KISHTA

LALTA

LAMTA

LASTA

LECTA

LEPTA

LIPTA

LIPTA

LOLTA

LOPTA

MAJTA

MALOKTA

MALTA

MANTA

MATORTA

MEDHTA

MEHTA

MICKTA

MOKTA

MOLTA

MONTA

NAHTA

NAINTA

NAMTA

NARTA

NEGTA

NEPTA

PAMTA

PANJTA

PANTA

PAPTA

PERSINGTA

PEZTA

PIRTA

POJTA

POPTA

POSHTA

PRAGTA

PRIKTA

PRIMTA

PRINTA

RAJTA

RAMOLTA

RAMTA

RANTA

RAPTA

RETKA*

RIKTA

ROLTA

RONGTA

RONTA

RUGTA

RUKHTA

RUPTA

SAKTA

SAKTA

SAMTA

SAMTA

SANJTA

SAPTA

SARTA

SASRAMTA

SAUHTA

SHOKTA

SHOSHTA

SHOUTA

SHURTA

SIKTA

SIMTA

SINGTA

SITHTA

SRANTA

STETA

SUNTA

TAJTA

TAMTA

TEGTA

TEJTA

TEMPTA

THEPTA

THOPTA

ZINTA

(Kindly do mention the place of residence or any reference with surname)