How common is the surname Dutta?

1,948 people in the United States had the surname Dutta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. It ranked 15,140th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dutta?

Satyendranath Dutta, Bengali poet and writer.

Where is the surname Dutta most common?

Wikidata records people named Dutta in British Raj.

Is the surname Dutta getting more or less common?

More common. 900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,948 in 2010, up 116%.

The surname Dutta

A surname, carried by 1,948 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dutta is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Assamese দত্ত (dotto) and Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,948 people named Dutta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. That is up 116% since 2000, when the Census counted 900.

#15,140

rank among US surnames

1,948

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+116.4%

change since 2000 (was #25,724)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,140	Swofford	1,948	158,494
#15,147	Sicard	1,947	158,575

Who is named Dutta

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

92% of people named Dutta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

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 Duttas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Satyendranath Dutta
Bengali poet and writer, 1882–1922

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dutta

Dutta has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

Questions

Where does the surname Dutta come from?: Borrowed from Assamese দত্ত (dotto) and Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”).
How common is the surname Dutta?: 1,948 people in the United States had the surname Dutta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. It ranked 15,140th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dutta?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dutta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dutta?: Satyendranath Dutta, Bengali poet and writer.
Where is the surname Dutta most common?: Wikidata records people named Dutta in British Raj.
Is the surname Dutta getting more or less common?: More common. 900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,948 in 2010, up 116%.