Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is primarily a Hindu Brahmin surname commonly found in India and Nepal.
pandit), which is used to refer to an individual with specialized knowledge in any of the domains of Hinduism, particularly the Vedas.
[1][2] In Hindi, in addition to being a surname, pāṇḍe is also used to refer to people engaged in one of two traditionally Brahmin occupations of teaching and cooking.
It is mainly found in people of the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh, but also in Karnataka in South India.
The famous Pande dynasty of Nepal were a Chhetri aristocratic family that dominated the Nepalese administration and military up until the 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar.