Assamese Brahmins are believed to be having their origins as far as Kannauj to Karnataka. There is a myth that the Ahoms brought the Brahmins to Assam for worshiping goddess Kamakhya but the fact is that Brahmins were present in Assam much earlier to the advent Ahoms and hence also known as Kamrupi Brahmins. During the reign of Koch Kings the Kamrupi Brahmins were quite prosperous. In fact one of the earliest king of the Ahom Dynasty is known as Bamuni konwar as because he was brought up by a Brahmin family and till that time the Ahom kings were not Hindu and as such there is no question of Ahoms inviting Brahmins to Assam. Although Brahmins in Assam are same as per their faith and customs with that of any other Brahmin community across India but they are Saakta or worshiper of Shakti and are non vegetarian. Certain regional beliefs and customs may exist which may be distinct to the Brahmins in the state. Unlike Brahmins in other parts of India, they may eat non-vegetarian food which includes mostly Fish, Pigeon, Duck, Chicken, Mutton and Eggs. Each Brahmin family within the community belongs to a specific Gotra (Brahmin identity surname) which is unique to a family thereby indicating their origin or the Lineage. Many of the Brahmins in Assam write the conferred titles either given to them as a gift by the Ahom kings or else which they have adopted being in Assam for a long time. (See also; List of Notable Assamese Brahmins)
1. Barua, Baruah, Barooah, Baroova, Borooah or other spellings of the same surname.
Under this there may exist middle names/titles that give the distinction of being Brahmins. Some of common middle names: *Bez - Borah, Baruah, Barooah *Ram/Raam - Baruah, Barooah
*Chandra - Baruah, Barooah
*Ranjan - Baruah, Barooah
*Prasad - Baruah, Barooah
*Govind/Govinda - Baruah, Barooah
*Krisnakant/Krishnakanta - Baruah, Barooah etc..
Other similar titles in relation to Baruah which are written by Brahmins in Assam are:
1 (a) Bujar - Baruah/Barooah
1 (b) Bez - Baruah/Barooah
1 (c) Bora/Borah
1 (d) Bor/Bar - Baruah/Barooah
2. Acharya/Acharjee
3. Bhattacharjee/Bhattacharya
4. Bhagawati/Bhagwati
5. (a)Bor/Bar - Kotoki/Katakey/Kataki (b)Bordoloi
6. Bor/Bar - Pujari/Poojari/Puzari
7. Bor/Bar - Thakur/Thakore also, very rarely Borethakur/ore
8. Chakravarti/Chakraborti
10.Goswami
11. Khound
12. Kotoki, Katakey
13. Pandit
14. Pujari/Poojari/Puzari
15. Phukan/Phookan
16. Rajkhowa
17. Sarma/Sarmah/Sharma
18. Siddhant/Siddhanta
19. Savapandit
20. Thakur/Thakore
21. Pathak
Apart from the above, certain other surnames which are not very common such as, Changkakati, Chaliha, Khatoniar, Choudhury, Shrutikar are also written by fewer Brahmins of Assam.
Atri - Krishnatriya
Bashistha/Vashistha
Bhadraj/Bharadwaaj/Bhardwaj/Bharadwaj
Bhargav
Chandilya/Shandilya/Sandilya
Garg/Garga
Gautam
Kashyap
Kaushik
Kondinnya/Kondolya
Mihirayan
Madhukalya
Parasara
Rishi Alambh- Alambayan/Alamayan/Alimman
Brahmins in Assam strictly follow deity worship though they may pray and worship saints of Assamese community.Assamese Brahmans are less rigid than Brahmans of other parts of the country regarding religious and communal matter.