# Das (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/das/  
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) | 7,289 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,837 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,358 people |
| Change since 2000 | +68% (4,348 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Das 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) | 7.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 86% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Das in Bangladesh, India and British Raj.

## People named Das

- Litton Das, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Chetana Das, Assamese actress
- Balarama Dasa, 15th-century Odia seer-poet, author of Dandi Ramayana & Lakhmi Purana
- Chinmoy Krishna Das, Bangladeshi Hindu leader
- Krishnabhabini Das, Bengali author and social activist

## Similar surnames

Dias, Deas, Days, Dass, Daws, Dease, Deasy, Dawsey, Daisy, Dash, Diaz, Duke.

## 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.