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	{{short description\|Brahmin surname from the Indian subcontinent}}		{{short description\|Brahmin surname from the Indian subcontinent}}
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	'''Banerjee''' or '''Bandyopadhyay''' is a surname of [[Bengali Brahmins\|Brahmins]] originating from the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. Its variants include Bannerjee, Banerji, Banerjea, Banerjie, Bonnerjee, and Bandopadhyaya. Its derivatives include Barujjye, Barori, [[Bhowal]], Bandyogai, and is found among both [[Ghoti people\|Ghoti]]s and [[Bangal]]s.		'''Banerjee''' or '''Bandyopadhyay''' is a surname of [[Bengali Brahmins\|Brahmins]] originating from the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]].

	==Lineage and ancestry==		==Lineage and ancestry==
			Banerjees are from the ancient [[Shandilya]] [[Gotra]], which means all Banerjees are descended from [[Kannauj]] from the ancient sage [[Shandilya (Rishi)\|Shandilya]] as per the Puranas.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Ghurye \|first1=Govind Sadashiv \|title=Caste and Race in India \|date=1969 \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|isbn=978-81-7154-205-5 \|page=257 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&pg=PA254 \|accessdate=16 March 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> Together with [[Mukherjee]]s, [[Chatterjee]]s, [[Bhattacharjee]]s and [[Ganguly (surname)\|Ganguly]]s, Banerjees form the [[Kulin Brahmins]].<ref name="Bromley">{{cite book \|title=Krishna consciousness in the West \|editor1-first=David G. \|editor1-last=Bromley \|editor2-first=Larry D. \|editor2-last=Shinn \|first=Thomas J. \|last=Hopkins \|chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West \|publisher=Bucknell University Press \|year=1989 \|isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 \|pages=35–36 \|accessdate=28 February 2022}}</ref>
	Banerjees are from the ancient [[~~Sandilya~~]] [[Gotra]], which means all Banerjees are descended from [[Kannauj]] from the ancient sage [[~~Sandilya~~ (Rishi)\|~~Sandilya~~]] as per the Puranas.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Ghurye \|first1=Govind Sadashiv \|title=Caste and Race in India \|date=1969 \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|isbn=978-81-7154-205-5 \|page=257 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&pg=PA254~~&dq=banerjees+are+from+shandilya+gotra#v=onepage~~ \|accessdate=16 March 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> Together with [[Mukherjee]]s, [[Chatterjee]]s, [[Bhattacharjee]]s and [[Ganguly (surname)\|Ganguly]]s, Banerjees form the [[Kulin Brahmins]], the ~~highest tier~~ of the ~~Bengali caste system~~.~~{{citation needed~~\|~~date~~=February ~~2018~~}}

	== History ==		== History ==
	{{quotation\|"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya ~~‘teacher’~~); thus, Banerjee ~~‘teacher~~ who is head and only performs the main work aarti or,Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya ~~‘venerable’~~ + upadhyaya ~~‘teacher’~~. "\|Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN\|0-19-508137-4}}\|source=}}		{{quotation\|"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya 'teacher'); thus, Banerjee 'teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or,Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya 'venerable' + upadhyaya 'teacher'. "\|Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN\|0-19-508137-4}}\|source=<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Hanks \|first1=Patrick \|title=Dictionary of American Family Names \|date=8 May 2003 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 \|page=94 \|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Dictionary_of_American_Family_Names/FJoDDAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover \|language=en}}</ref>}}

	== Notable people ==		== Notable people ==
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	* [[Ambica Banerjee]]		* [[Ambica Banerjee]]
	* [[Audrish Banerjee]]		* [[Audrish Banerjee]]
	* [[Banerjee (actor)]]
	* [[Bhanu Banerjee]], actor and freedom activist		* [[Bhanu Banerjee]], actor and freedom activist
	* [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]		* [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]
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	* [[San Banarje]], film director, producer, photographer		* [[San Banarje]], film director, producer, photographer
	* [[Sanjay Banerjee]], Indian engineer		* [[Sanjay Banerjee]], Indian engineer
			* [[Shakuntala Banerjee]] (born 1973), German journalist
	* [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]		* [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]
	* [[Sarnath Banerjee]]		* [[Sarnath Banerjee]]

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{{short description|Brahmin surname from the Indian subcontinent}}
{{pp-pc|small=yes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
'''Banerjee''' or '''Bandyopadhyay''' is a surname of [[Bengali Brahmins|Brahmins]] originating from the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. Its variants include Bannerjee, Banerji, Banerjea, Banerjie, Bonnerjee, and Bandopadhyaya. Its derivatives include Barujjye, Barori, [[Bhowal]], Bandyogai, and is found among both [[Ghoti people|Ghoti]]s and [[Bangal]]s.

==Lineage and ancestry==

Banerjees are from the ancient [[Sandilya]] [[Gotra]], which means all Banerjees are descended from [[Kannauj]] from the ancient sage [[Sandilya (Rishi)|Sandilya]] as per the Puranas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ghurye |first1=Govind Sadashiv |title=Caste and Race in India |date=1969 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-205-5 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&pg=PA254&dq=banerjees+are+from+shandilya+gotra#v=onepage |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Together with [[Mukherjee]]s, [[Chatterjee]]s, [[Bhattacharjee]]s and [[Ganguly (surname)|Ganguly]]s, Banerjees form the [[Kulin Brahmins]], the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

== History ==
{{quotation|"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya ‘teacher’); thus, Banerjee ‘teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or,Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya ‘venerable’ + upadhyaya ‘teacher’. "|Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}|source=}}

== Notable people ==
Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:


*[[Alapan Bandyopadhyay]], IAS Officer
*[[Anjan Bandyopadhyay]], Noted journalist
* [[Abhijit Banerjee]], Nobel laureate economist
* [[Albion Rajkumar Banerjee]]
* [[Ambica Banerjee]]
* [[Audrish Banerjee]]
* [[Banerjee (actor)]]
* [[Bhanu Banerjee]], actor and freedom activist
* [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]
* [[Bidisha Bandyopadhyay]], writer, broadcaster
* [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]]
* [[Dibakar Banerjee]], film director
* [[Dola Banerjee]]
* [[Gooroodas Banerjee]], High Court judge
* [[Gurudas Bandyopadhyay]], Actor
* [[Gopeshwar Banerjee]]
* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]], actor
* [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar|Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay]]
* [[Jenni Banerjee]], actress
* [[Kali Banerjee]], actor
* [[Kali Charan Banerjee]]
* [[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Banerjee]]
* [[Kanika Banerjee|Kanika Bandyopadhyay]] (1924–2000), singer
* [[Kanu Banerjee]] (1905–1985), actor (Pather Panchali)
* [[Karuna Banerjee]] (1919–2001), actress (Pather Panchali)
* [[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]]
* [[Kaushik Banerjee]], actor
* [[Mamata Banerjee]]
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]], writer, novelist
* [[Nikhil Banerjee]], composer, musician
* [[Nyra Banerjee]], Indian television actress and assistant director.
* [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]]
* [[Prith Banerjee]]
* [[Pooja Banerjee]], television actress
* [[Puja Banerjee]], film and television actress
* [[Rachana Banerjee]], actor
* [[Raghab Bandyopadhyay]], prose writer
* [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]], archer
* [[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay|R D Banerji]], The discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
* [[Rina Banerjee]]
* [[Ruprekha Banerjee]]
* [[San Banarje]], film director, producer, photographer
* [[Sanjay Banerjee]], Indian engineer
* [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]
* [[Sarnath Banerjee]]
* [[Somen Banerjee]]
* [[Surendranath Banerjee]], first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination
* [[Sushmita Banerjee]], writer
* [[Victor Banerjee]], actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
* [[Vikram Banerjee]]
* [[Gargi Banerji]], cricketer
* [[Sara Banerji]], writer
* [[Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee]], first president of the [[Indian National Congress]].

==References==
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