# Bhattacharya (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bhattacharya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Bengali.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bengali |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,661 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,087 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 185,879 people |
| Change since 2000 | +81% (920 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bhattacharjee, Bhattacharyya |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bhattacharya in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bhattacharya in India and British Raj.

## People named Bhattacharya

- Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (1926–1947)
- Jay Bhattacharya, 18th director of the National Institutes of Health
- Abinash Chandra Bhattacharya, Bengali revolutionary (1882–1962)

## Similar surnames

Butcher, Badger, Boettcher, Bitzer, Boettger, Boedeker.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.