Dwivedi

Dwivedi or Duvedi or Dubay or Dubey or Dube or Dobé is an Indian surname meaning versed in two Vedas.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 87.5% of all bearers of the surname Dwivedi were residents of India and 2.8% were residents of Nepal. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:

• 1. Delhi (1: 2,472)
• 2. Uttarakhand (1: 6,749)
• 3. Chandigarh (1: 8,371)
• 4. Uttar Pradesh (1: 9,220)
• 5. Punjab (1: 10,084)
• 6. Bihar (1: 10,098)
• 7. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 13,689)
• 8. Maharashtra (1: 15,651)

Notable people with the surname Dwivedi

• Bal Govind Dwivedi - Hindi poet
• Chandraprakash Dwivedi - Indian film director and script writer
• Major General G. G. Dwivedi
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi - Hindi novelist
• Janardan Dwivedi - Politician from Indian National Congress party
• Kapil Deva Dvivedi - Sanskrit Scholar Padma Shri
• Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi - Indian writer
• Nikhil Dwivedi - Bollywood actor
• O.P. Dwivedi - Professor emiritus, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada
• Ragini Dwivedi - Kannada actress and model
• Ram Chandra Dwivedi - (AKA Kavi Pradeep) - Poet and songwriter
• Rewa Prasad Dwivedi - Sanskrit scholar and poet
• Satyendra Dubey- Project Director for NHAI, murdered for fighting against corruption
• Seema Dwivedi, Indian politician
• Sharada Dwivedi - Mumbai-based historian and researcher
• Sudhakara Dvivedi - Mathematician

See also

• Dubey