Dasgupta
| Pronunciation | [ˈdaʃɡupto] |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Bengal |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Gupta, Sengupta, Duttagupta, Kargupta, Debgupta |
Dasgupta (pronounced [ˈdaʃɡupto]) (Bengali: দাশগুপ্ত) is a common Bengali surname that is used by the Bengali Hindus of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. The surname is found among the members of the Baidya caste of Bengal.[1]
Geographical distribution
[edit]As of 2014, 62.2% of all known bearers of the surname Dasgupta were residents of India and 28.9% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:[2]
- 1. West Bengal (1: 2,387)
- 2. Tripura (1: 6,243)
- 3. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 15,711)
- 4. Delhi (1: 16,187)
- 5. Daman and Diu (1: 18,685)
- 6. Assam (1: 21,393)
Notable people
[edit]A
[edit]- Aloke Dasgupta, sitar player
- Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Bengali poet
- Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Indian economist
- Asim Dasgupta (also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.
B
[edit]- Basudeb Dasgupta, Bengali novelist and short-story writer
- Benu Dasgupta, cricketer
- Bijon Dasgupta, Art Director
- Biplab Dasgupta, Marxist economist
- Birsa Dasgupta, film director
- Buddhadev Dasgupta (born 1933), an Indian classical maestro who plays the sarod
- Buddhadev Dasgupta, (born 1944) Indian film-maker
C
[edit]- Chandan Dasgupta, Indian theoretical physicist
- Chidananda Dasgupta (born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian
D
[edit]- Deep Dasgupta, cricketer
G
[edit]- Gurudas Dasgupta (born 1936), senior trade-union leader, Communist Party of India, and Member of Parliament
H
[edit]- Hem Chandra Dasgupta, geologist
I
[edit]- Indraadip Dasgupta, music composer
- Indrani Dasgupta, Indian Supermodel.
J
[edit]- Jahar Dasgupta, painter
- Jishu Dasgupta, Bengali actor
- Jnanendra Das Gupta, Indo-Swedish chemist
K
[edit]- Kankar Shubra Dasgupta, scientist and academic
- Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director
- Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, Independence activist
- Kurchi Dasgupta, painter and writer
- Kinshuk Dasgupta, Scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee
M
[edit]- Mahananda Dasgupta, experimental physicist
N
[edit]- Nairanjana Dasgupta, statistician
- Nilanjana Dasgupta, social psychologist
P
[edit]- Partha Dasgupta, economist
- Piyush Dasgupta, academic, political activist
- Poonam Dasgupta, actress
- Prabuddha Dasgupta, photographer
- Probal Dasgupta, linguist
- Prokar Dasgupta, urologist
- Purnendu Dasgupta, Indian-American academic
R
[edit]- Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, scholar
- Rana Dasgupta, British-Indian writer
- Renuka Dasgupta, Bengali singer
- Roma Dasgupta (Suchitra Sen before marriage), Indian actress
- Rohit K. Dasgupta, Academic and Politician
S
[edit]- Samit Dasgupta, mathematician
- Sanjoy Dasgupta, computer scientist
- Sayantani DasGupta, Indian-American physician
- Shamik Dasgupta, comic book writer
- Shamita Das Dasgupta, social activist
- Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
- Somnath Dasgupta, academic and geologist
- Sudhangshu Dasgupta, CPI(M) politician
- Sudhin Dasgupta, Bengali music director
- Surendranath Dasgupta, Sanskrit scholar and philosopher
- Sujaya Dasgupta, actress
- Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, singer
- Swapan Dasgupta, Indian journalist, MP, Politician
T
[edit]- Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Indian physicist
U
[edit]- Uma Dasgupta, Indian actress
Y
[edit]- Yash Dasgupta, actor and model
References
[edit]- ^ Hood, John W. (2005). Films of Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Orient Blackswan. p. 2. ISBN 978-81-250-2802-4.
- ^ Dasgupta Surname Distribution
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