Ghorpade is a surname and family name found among Marathas, Marathi Brahmins, Mahar and even Chambhar caste in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka[1][2][3][4][5][6] and may refer to members of the Ghorpade Dynasty.
This is no longer so when people move away from their native village and especially when family names like Chavan , Bhonsle , Kale , Ghorpade when family names like Chavan , Bhonsle , Kale , Ghorpade , are found among Brahmins , Marathas , artisans and [former]untouchable castes like the Mahar and Chambhar.
The Chief of Ichalkaranji, styled Ghorpade, was a Konkanasth Brahman and his family name was Joshi.
Raja Srimant Venkatrao Rao Sahib, Hindu Rao Ghorpade Mamlukat- General and madar, Senapati, Raja of Sandur, is a Mahratta Brahmin by caste.
Ghorpade was a Brahmin while the maharaja [Kolhapur State] was not. The latter used to promote mass marriages without a pundit officiating.
Among the Brahmins Shivarampant Karkun and Narsingrao Ghorpade were in the service of Nawab Khair Khan.