List of Bunts

Bunt, also spelled 'Bant' in former English usage, is an Indian warrior-class community

The complete list of Bunt Surnames in alphabetical order is:

A – Adappa, Adasu, Adyanthaya, Arasa, Ariga, Athikari, Ajila, Ajri, Alva, Athre, Attara

B – Banga, Ballala, Bangara, Bhandary, Banta, Bari, Bhoja, Bythani, Bunnala, Binnage, Brana, Budale

C – Chauta

D – Dore

G – Gambhira

H – Hegde, Horuva

K – Kava, Kadamba, Kajava, Kakwa, Kambali, Kanthiva, Kanjava, Karyal, Kayya, Kille, Konde, Kothari, Kudre, Kundahegde, Kundade, kottari

M – Mada, Manava, Manaae, Mana, Mardi, Marla, Marala, Maddala, Menda, Mallala, Malli, Marthe, Melanta, Menava, Menda, Mugayya, Mudya, Mukkala, Munda (Mundera)

N – Naadava, Nonda, Nayara, Nanaya, Nayaga, Naik

P – Pala, Paradi, Padyar, Pakkala, Palae, Pandyi, Payyade, Payyahegde, Payyani, Pegde, Pergade, Punja, Puvani

R – Rai, Raja

S – Shetty, Samani, Santa, Samanta, Sankaya, Semita, Senava, Servegara, Sheba, Sheka, Sooda, Sorapa, Sulae

T – Tanjiva, Tholara

V – Vala, Varma

Academia

 * H. S. Ballal, Pro-Chancellor Manipal University and philanthropist

Film and culture

 * Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
 * Aishwarya Rai, Bollywood actress
 * Suniel Shetty, Bollywood actor
 * Athiya Shetty
 * Pooja Hegde, Tollywood actress
 * Anushka Shetty, Tollywood actress
 * Srinidhi Shetty, Sandalwood actress
 * Rakshit Shetty, Sandalwood actor
 * Dayanand Shetty, Indian TV actor
 * Roopesh Shetty, Tulu cinema actor
 * Rishab Shetty, Kannada Cinema
 * Abhilash Shetty, Kannada director & actor
 * Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
 * Yagna Shetty, Kannada Cinema
 * Gurukiran, Singer
 * Bhoomi Shetty, Sandalwood actress
 * Krithi Shetty actress
 * Raj B. Shetty, Kannada director & actor

Art

 * Sudarshan Shetty, sculptor
 * Kayyara Kinhanna Rai, Author
 * Jay Shetty, British author and life coach

Business

 * A. B. Shetty (1883–1960), founder of Vijaya Bank
 * B. R. Shetty, CMD New Medical Centre, billionaire and Padma Shri awardee
 * R. N. Shetty, CMD RNS Infrastructure and hereditary administrator of Murudeshwara Shiva Temple
 * Muthappa Rai, Indian businessman, former mafia don
 * Shashi Kiran Shetty, founder of Allcargo Logistics,Chairman of Gati Ltd
 * Raj Shetty, founder and chairman of Ramee Group of companies
 * Bhaskar Shetty, hotelier in the Middle East
 * Ajit Shetty, is a Belgian businessman. He was chairman of the board of directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica
 * Manmohan Shetty, founder of Adlabs Imagica, India's first & only Theme Park
 * Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty, former chairman of Vijaya Bank
 * V. P. Shetty, chairman of JM Financial, former chairman and md of IDBI Bank, Canara Bank, UCO Bank
 * Devi Shetty, billionaire, founder and chairman of Narayana Health

Law

 * Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, judge of the Supreme Court of India and Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
 * N. Santosh Hegde, judge of the Supreme Court of India and Lokayuktha (ombudsman) of Karnataka state

Medicine

 * Devi Shetty, renowned cardiac surgeon
 * Shantharam Shetty, orthopaedic surgeon

Scientists

 * Belle Monappa Hegde, physician, author, educationist and Padma Bhushan awardee
 * Kullal Chickappu Naik, authority on horticulture, first vice-chairman of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
 * B. Vithal Shetty, American scientist,known for developing Metalozone drug
 * Kalidas Shetty,food scientist and professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Journalists

 * Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian independence activist and writer
 * K. K. Shetty, freedom fighter (He was the editor of Navayuga for a short period).