Sonawane

Sonawane is a surname of Non Brahmins in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra.It is more commonly found amongst people in eastern part of Nashik district, adjoining Dhulia and Jalgaon district (Khandesh). It is pronounced as and not . Broadly the Sonawanes are Marathi speaking, Hindu, Maharashtrians.
Some of people having surname Sonawane live in Nhavi village which is in Bhor, Pune district. Around 500 families of Sonawane surname are living at one place. The surname occurs amongst all castes representing the identity of a unified Bahujan Samaj.Maratha community of Nashik district also bears this title indicating their place in the Bahujan fold.
A village of Junnar Taluka of Pune district having more than 1000 peoples with surname Sonawane, The name of the village is Chalakwadi,The small village of Pimpalwandi Gaon,which is situated on the edge of Kukadi River.Sonawane Mala is the famous place there.
The name can be derived as Sona+wane(Sone ke jaisa)= means looking like gold...........is'nt it?

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