Wanderlust World Wanderlust World The surname Gurram (గుర్రం) is most commonly associated with the Kapu community in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala.
The Kapus are a large, historically agrarian and warrior community classified as a Forward Class in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana (though sub-castes like Balija have BC status in some contexts). The Gurram surname appears across Kapu sub-groups including:
Highest density in coastal Andhra (East/West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur), Telangana (Khammam, Warangal, Nalgonda), and northern Tamil Nadu districts bordering Andhra.
As with all Indian surnames, gotra (clan) affiliation is more definitive for lineage than surname alone. Families with the Gurram surname may belong to different gotras (e.g., Kasyapa, Vasistha, Bharadwaja). Consulting family elders or traditional genealogists (panikars) provides precise clan identity.