Das (surname)

Das (translation: servant of the divine) is a common last name in South Asia, among adherents of Hinduism and Sikhism. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word Dasa (Sanskrit: दास) with a multiplicity of meanings including "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to divinity

In Bengal, 'Das' is primarily used as a surname in the Kayastha community. 'Das-Gupta” is used by the Baidya caste of Bengal.

In Assam the Kaibarta and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.

In Odisha, the 'Das' surname is used by the Gopal and Karan castes, also 'Dash' is used by the Brahmins.

In the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, they generally belong to the Brahmin caste.

Notable people

• Abhishek Das, Indian football player
• Ajit Das, Indian actor
• Amil Kumar Das, Indian astronomer
• Arjun Das, Indian actor
• Atulananda Das, Indian botanist
• Beni Madhab Das
• Bhagavan Das, Indian Theosophist
• Bhagavan Das, an American yogi
• Bhagwan Das
• Bhai Dyal Das, Sikh martyr
• Bhai Mati Das, Sikh martyr
• Bhai Sati Das, Sikh martyr
• Bibhusita Das, Indian marine engineer
• Bina Das
• Bishnu Charan Das, Indian politician
• Brojen Das
• Chittaranjan Das, a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
• Dinesh Das, a Bengali poet
• Durga Mohan Das
• Gardhab Das, fictional character
• Gobindachandra Das
• Gopabandhu Das, Indian Freedom Fighter, Reformer, Journalist and educationist from Odisha
• Gurcharan Das, Punjabi Hindu columnist for The Times of India
• Guru Amar Das, the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism
• Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the Sikh gurus
• Hima Das, Assamese sprinter
• Jagannath Prasad Das, researcher in psychometrics and author of the (PASS theory of intelligence)
• Jatin Das, Indian painter from Odisha
• Jatindra Nath Das, Freedom fighter
• Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet
• Jyotsna Das, Indian film actress
• K. S. R. Das, Indian film director
• Kamala Das
• Khagen Das
• Krishna das Babaji
• Liton Das, Bangladeshi Cricketer
• Madhusudan Das, Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
• Manoj Das, English and Odia writer
• Monica Das
• Namit Das is an Indian film and theatre actor.
• Nandita Das, Indian film actress/director from Odisha
• Parichay Das, path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic
• Prosenjit Das, Indian cricketer
• Radha Charan Das, Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
• Raja Bhagwant Das, Rajasthani ruler of Amber
• Ram Dass
• Ranjan Das
• Rima Das, Assamese Indian filmmaker
• Sarala Dasa, 14th-century poet of Odisha
• Sarat Chandra Das, Indian scholar of Tibetan language
• Satish Ranjan Das
• Seth Govind Das
• Shaktikanta Das, Governor of R.B.I.
• Shiv Sunder Das, Indian Cricketer from Odisha
• Shomie Das, schoolmaster
• Shraddha Das, Indian film actress
• Sudhi Ranjan Das
• Suhasini Das
• Sujita Das, Indian Radio personality
• Surya Das
• Tapan Das,Assamese Actor
• Vasundhara Das, Indian actress and singer
• Veena Das
• Vir Das, comedian and actor

See also

• Dasa
• Dass (disambiguation)
• Gopal Das (disambiguation)