Adiga is a Tulu surname from coastal Karnataka in India. It is found among Hindus of the Shivalli Brahmin community.Family names history of Shivalli Brahmin Community. 2008 Shivalli Brahmins.
Notable people with the surname include: Aravind Adiga, author of the book White Tiger, winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2008 Gopalakrishna Adiga, pioneer of Navya-style poetry K. Suryanarayana Adiga, Indian lawyer and politician Rakesh Adiga, Indian film actor
See also Adyghe (disambiguation), sometimes spelled Adighe, alternate name for the Circassian people originally from the North Caucasus area in Russia
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