Surnames Of Maithil Brahmins

• Jha,,Mishra,Thakur,Pathak,Choudhary:The most common Surname of Maithil Brahmins
• Rai :A small section of Maithil Brahmins originally from near Madhubani and Laheriasarai, who were small Kings or Zamindars by virtue of their unusual combination of strengths, intellect and acumen and were given Royal titles of Roy, RaiBahadur or RaiSahab by the British. Many abandoned their titles and donated their riches during the fight for India's Independence but were still referred to as Rai due to their several generations of royal lineage.
• ,Rajhans,Bharadwaj :Mmostly those who use their Gotras as their Surnames
• Shandilya:Mmostly those who use their Gotras as their Surnames
• Kashyap :Mostly those who use their Gotras as their Surnames
• Parashar:Mmostly those who use their Gotras as their Surnames
• Pratihast,Acharya,Katyayan,Singh:Brahmins who were also Zamindars and preferred to associate themselves more as Land Owners and Money Lenders
• Khan :A small section of Maithil Brahmins (originally from  Saharsa) who were small Kings or Zamindars by virtue of their unusual combination of strengths, intellect and acumen and were given Royal titles of Khan, KhanBahadur or KhanSahab during Akbar's reign
• Sharma :A small section of Maithil Brahmins who were originally from Mithilanchal, Bihar, were highly respected by Akbar and were requested to relocate by Akbar to his kingdom near Agra and Fatehpur Sikri, during his reign. These Brahmins later flew away during Aurangzeb's tyranny when he tried to force them to convert into Muslims and changed their surnames to Sharma.