Abhyankar

Abhyankar is a surname native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. Abhyankar surname is found among Chitpavan Brahmin community.

Etymology
Abhyankar is a Sanskrit word which means One who removes fears.

Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
 * Anand Abhyankar (1963–2012), Indian film, television and theatre actor
 * Anupama Gokhale (born Anupama Abhyankar in 1969), Indian chess player
 * Moreshwar Vasudeo Abhyankar (1886–1935), Indian lawyer and freedom fighter
 * Sanjeev Abhyankar (born 1969), Indian classical vocalist
 * Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930–2012), Indian-American mathematician
 * Abhyankar's conjecture
 * Abhyankar's inequality
 * Abhyankar's lemma
 * Abhyankar–Moh theorem