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Katju, also spelt as Kathju, Kathjoo or Katjoo, is a Kashmiri Pandit clan or surname, [1] [2] native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India. [3] The surname is shared by both Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir. [4]
Meaning of surnames found on the Kashmiri Pandit tree: Bakaya, Sapru, Bakshi, Munshi, Wazir, Chalkbast, Bhan, Langar or Langroo, Wattal, Bazaz, Taimini, Mattu, Chak, Zalpuri, Khar, Hazari, Zutshi, Razdan, Tikhu, Kathju, sopori, Thussoo, Haksar, Raina, Waloo or Wali, Wantu/Wanchu, Gamkhwar, Kakh, Mushran, Sharga, Handoo, Gurtu, Kitchlu, and Ganjoo.
The general region from which a person comes is indicated by some surnames. Banerji, Chatterji, Mukherji are unmistakably names of Bengali families; names ending in ant such as Bhavnam, Kirpalan:, Mirchandant, Thadant and Vaswani point to Sind; and names ending in u, eg., Ganju, Kachru, Katju, Kunzru, Nebru, Saprw and Wanchy, to Kashmir.
The diffusion of Islam has traditionally been given the credit for this unusual disappearance of intra-caste solidarity and inter-caste antagonism in Kashmir. The old identities now survive among Kashmiri Muslims only as surnames such as Bhat, Mattoo and Katju, and kram or clan names such as Dar, Lone and Tantri, with no corresponding system of caste identification or endogamous exclusivity.