# Sen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sen/  
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) | 3,059 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,491 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,930 people |
| Change since 2000 | +55% (1,969 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Khmer សេន (seen), Bengali সেন (Sen) and/or Hindi सेन (sen).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sen 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) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 75% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sen in India, the United States, British Raj and Russia.

## People named Sen

- Lakshya Sen, badminton player
- Nandana Sen, American actress
- Dinesh Chandra Sen, Bengali folklorist (1866-1939)
- Ivan Sen, Australian film director
- Mrinalini Sen, Bengali writer

## Similar surnames

Sena, Senn, Suen, Senne, Senna, Sene, Sweeney, Shen, Sweeny, Shenoy, Snow, Sheehan.

## 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.