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'''Kamat''' (also spelt as '''Kamath''') is a surname from [[Goa]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[coastal Karnataka]] in [[India]]. It is found among [[Hindus]] of the [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]], [[Saraswat]] and [[Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin]] communities following [[Madhva Sampradaya]] of either [[Gokarna Matha]] or [[Kashi Math|Kashi Matha]].<ref name="Kamath Family History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=kamath |title=Kamath Family History |website=Oxford University Press |publisher=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press}}</ref><br />
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== Variations ==<br />
Kāmat is a common surname of Konkani Saraswat Brahmins and of a few [[Konkani people|Konkani Roman Catholics]] of Goa, Maharashtra and [[Kanara|Canara]]. "Kāmat" is mostly used in the [[Konkan]] area which includes Goa, Maharashtra and around the [[Uttara Kannada]] district in Karnataka. ''Kāmath'' is used by Brahmins around [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi district]]s and of Karnataka and [[Hosdurg]] in Kerala. The word has origin in the Sanskrit word of "Kāmati" (i.e. Kaam + Maati) meaning "people who work in soil" or do farming or cultivate land. "Camotim" was used in the erstwhile [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] territory of [[Goa]] but has given way to "Kāmat" today.<ref name="sar24">{{harvnb|Saradesāya|2000|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1YILeUD_oZUC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q=&f=false 24]}}</ref> "Camat" word is still in use in Indonesia which was a Portuguese colony at some point of time in the history. In Indonesia "Camat" means administrative and political head of the sub-district or taluk. Taluk may be said as kecamatan (spelled as ke-chamatan). The name is also in use among some [[Konkani people#Christians|Konkani Catholics]] who trace their ancestry to the [[Goud Saraswat Brahmins]] of [[Goa]].<ref>''Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians'', Alan Machado Prabhu, I.J.A. Publications, 1999, p. 137</ref><br />
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There are many [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin|GSB]] and [[Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin|RSB]] families, original "Kāmats" from Goa who migrated to Karnataka and Maharashtra in the 16th Century to escape Catholic persecution of Hindus under Portuguese rule and they adopted the place name from Goa where they originally belonged to.<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
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The following is a list of notable people with last name '''Kāmath/Kāmat'''.<br />
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* [[Digambar Kamat]], Chief Minister of Goa (2007 to 2012)<br />
* [[Durgabai Kamat]] (1899–1997), first actress of [[Indian cinema]], debuted in ''[[Mohini Bhasmasur]]'' (1913), second movie of Phalke<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian cinema@100: First women on screen: Durgabai Kamat and her daughter Kamlabai Ghokhle|author= Riya Chakravarty |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/indian-cinema-100-40-firsts-in-indian-cinema-362362 |publisher=NDTV |date=3 May 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=Vikram Gokhale has an illustrious family lineage|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/did-you-know-/32605578_1_lineage-artiste-durgabai-kamat |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123325/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/did-you-know-/32605578_1_lineage-artiste-durgabai-kamat |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=23 Jan 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref><br />
* [[K. V. Kamath]], chairman of Infosys, non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank, former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank and [[Forbes]] Asia Business of the Year 2007<br />
* [[Ninad Kamat]], Marathi and Hindi actor<br />
* [[Nishikant Kamath]], actor<br />
* [[Umesh Kamat]], Marathi actor<br />
* [[M. V. Kamath]], veteran Indian journalist and broadcasting executive, and the chairman of Prasar Bharati<br />
* Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath - [[Zerodha]]<br />
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==Citations==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{Citation<br />
|last=Saradesāya<br />
|first=Manohararāya<br />
|year=2000<br />
|title=A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YILeUD_oZUC<br />
|isbn=81-7201-664-6<br />
|publisher=Sahitya Akademi}}.<br />
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[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Karnataka society]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani-language surnames]]</div>
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