Gawade is a Marathi surname. It is spelled as ’गावडे’ in Marathi and some people spell it as Gawde or Gavade or Gavde in English. This surname is common in the state of west region of Maharashtra in India.
People of this surname are mostly from Konkan region of Maharashtra and Rural Pune District of Maharashtra. There are villages in Chawke, Golvan at Malvan & Ambegaon at Pune with this surname, some of these colonies are called as "GAWADE WADI".
Gawade is one of the surnames of the 96 kuli marathas (Maratha clan system). Gawade surname is from Somvansh. Hindu(Kshatriya). Kuldaivat is Khandoba. Guru is Atri saint. Devak is Kalamb (Kalam), Mantra is Gayatri Mahamantra. Gotra is Dhampal (Sub of Kashyap) and Ved is Yajurveda. The main occupation is Farming.