Editing Matronymic (section)

===India===
Some matrilineal communities in South and North-East India, like the [[Nairs]], [[Bunt (community)|Bunts]] and [[Khasi_people|Khasi]], have family names which are inherited from their mother. Matronymic names are common in [[Kerala]].<ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/2594/12/12_chapter%203.pdf Mother's name becoming common in naming conventions in Kerala (page 201)], shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in; accessed May 18, 2017.</ref> Daughters take the names of their mothers as the second part of their name.{{cn|date=May 2017}}