# Dasgupta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dasgupta/  
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) | 1,147 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,436 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 269,177 people |
| Change since 2000 | +70% (676 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali দাশগুপ্ত (daśgupto).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dasgupta 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) | 4.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 90% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dasgupta in India and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dasgupta

- Surendranath Dasgupta, Bengali scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy (1887-1952)
- Partha Dasgupta, British economist (born 1942)

## 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.