How common is the surname Das?

7,289 people in the United States had the surname Das in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,358 Americans. It ranked 4,837th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Das?

Litton Das, Bangladeshi cricketer, followed by Chetana Das.

Where is the surname Das most common?

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

Is the surname Das getting more or less common?

More common. 4,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,289 in 2010, up 68%.

The surname Das

A Bengali surname, carried by 7,289 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Das is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Bengali origin

A surname from Bengali.

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 7,289 people named Das in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,358 Americans. That is up 68% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,348.

#4,837

rank among US surnames

7,289

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+67.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,091)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,834	Lindgren	7,300	42,294
#4,835	Tibbs	7,294	42,329
#4,836	Bare	7,291	42,346
#4,837	Das	7,289	42,358

Who is named Das

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

86% of people named Das identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Two or more races 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

Famous Dass

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Litton Das
Bangladeshi cricketer, born 1994
Chetana Das
Assamese actress, born 1954
Balarama Dasa
15th-century Odia seer-poet, author of Dandi Ramayana & Lakhmi Purana, 1472–1556
Chinmoy Krishna Das
Bangladeshi Hindu leader
Krishnabhabini Das
Bengali author and social activist, 1864–1919

Notable Dass come mostly from Bangladesh (2), India (1) and British Raj (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Das

Das has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Other Bengali surnames

All 21 Bengali surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Das come from?: Das is Bengali in origin.
How common is the surname Das?: 7,289 people in the United States had the surname Das in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,358 Americans. It ranked 4,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Das?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Das identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Das?: Litton Das, Bangladeshi cricketer, followed by Chetana Das.
Where is the surname Das most common?: Wikidata records people named Das in Bangladesh, India and British Raj.
Is the surname Das getting more or less common?: More common. 4,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,289 in 2010, up 68%.