Ballal
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Ballal (Ballala) is a surname mostly found in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka state, India. The surname is found in Jain, Bunt and Shivalli Madwa Brahmin communities of these regions. Generally local kings or chieftains were having "Ballal" as their surname in Tulu Nadu.Ballal surname is also found in vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The surname is found in Deshastha Brahmins Community in this region.