Zu Kulkarni gibt es bei Yasni 397 unterschiedliche Namen.
Kulkarni ist in der Rangreihe der häufigsten Nachnamen bei Yasni auf Platz 2031.
Last name origin & meaning: Indian (Maharashtra, Karnataka): Hindu (usually Brahman) name, from Marathi kụlkəṛni ‘village clerk’ (from Sanskrit kula ‘family’, ‘community’ + karạna ‘writer’ or kaṛnī ‘helmsman’). The kulkarni was a village official under the patel or village headman; he kept the accounts of the cultivators for the government and also the public records. The office of kulkarni was hereditary. As a rule, a Brahman was appointed to this office. He received some land rent free and was paid an annual salary.
(Eingesendet von Anand.K.Kulkarni)