How common is the surname Chatterjee?

2,155 people in the United States had the surname Chatterjee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. It ranked 13,985th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chatterjee?

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894), followed by Sankar Chatterjee.

Where is the surname Chatterjee most common?

Wikidata records people named Chatterjee in British Raj, the United States and Dominion of India.

Is the surname Chatterjee getting more or less common?

More common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,155 in 2010, up 81%.

The surname Chatterjee

A Bengali surname, carried by 2,155 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chatterjee is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

Bengali origin

Anglicization of Bengali চাটুজ্জে (caṭujje).

One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,155 people named Chatterjee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. That is up 81% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,193.

#13,985

rank among US surnames

2,155

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+80.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,976	Sarkar	2,157	143,137
#13,981	Arauz	2,156	143,203
#13,985	Chatterjee	2,155	143,269
#13,991	Arellanes	2,154	143,336

Who is named Chatterjee

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Chatterjee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Chatterjees

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)
Sankar Chatterjee
American geoscientist, paleontologist, born 1943
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Bengali linguist (1890–1977)

Notable Chatterjees come mostly from British Raj (1), the United States (1) and Dominion of India (1).

Other Bengali surnames

All 21 Bengali surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chatterjee come from?: Anglicization of Bengali চাটুজ্জে (caṭujje).
How common is the surname Chatterjee?: 2,155 people in the United States had the surname Chatterjee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. It ranked 13,985th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chatterjee?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Chatterjee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chatterjee?: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894), followed by Sankar Chatterjee.
Where is the surname Chatterjee most common?: Wikidata records people named Chatterjee in British Raj, the United States and Dominion of India.
Is the surname Chatterjee getting more or less common?: More common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,155 in 2010, up 81%.