Nikam is a last name found in Hindu
Maratha,
Kunbi, and
Bhil communities of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
. The
Kunbi Nikams are often called ''Maratha traders'' or ''Kunams'' or ''Kunbi vanis''.
See also
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Marathi people
The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...
References
Further reading
*{{cite book, author=Sushil Mittal, title=Surprising bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in medieval and early modern India, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tn3Dnz2S2KAC, accessdate=20 May 2011, year=2003, publisher=Lexington Books, isbn=978-0-7391-0673-0
Surnames