http://aggarwals.com/blogs/public_blog/archive/2007/01/16/are-all-gupta-s-decendents-of-agrasen-are-all-guptas-considered-aggarwals.aspxSomeone posed this question to me yesterday. After some research, I verified that although many Guptas are indeed "Aggarwals", not all people with the last name Gupta is. Of course, every Aggarwal belongs to a Gotra -- many Guptas have an Aggarwal Gotra,enCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://aggarwals.com/blogs/public_blog/archive/2007/01/16/are-all-gupta-s-decendents-of-agrasen-are-all-guptas-considered-aggarwals.aspx#436Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:13:46 GMT60283638-f91b-4038-b37e-04dbd19fb105:436mukulagarwal<p>Many Gupta's are indeed Aggarwals; but there are may Guptas who are not Aggarwal but are definitely Vaishnavs. As such the majority of Guptas in North India are Aggarwal but nearly 10% to 15% are not. Same is the case in East India. As for the West probably 1% to 2% are not Aggarwal. On the other hand South India is different with the exception of Kerala where none of the local populace go by the name of Gupta. In Andhra Pradesh the ratio is 1:1 with the local Vaishnavs bearing the name Gupta. The same is seen in the regions of Karnataka and Tamilnadu bordering with Andhra Pradesh.</p>