__NOTOC__ Dasgupta (pronounced ) () is a common Bengali surname that is used by the Bengali Hindus of

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and

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. The surname is found among the members of the Baidya caste of

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Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 62.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Dasgupta'' were residents of

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and 28.9% were residents of

. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:Dasgupta Surname Distribution
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(1: 15,711) * 4.

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(1: 16,187) * 5. Daman and Diu (1: 18,685) * 6.

(1: 21,393)

Notable people

A

* Aloke Dasgupta, sitar player * Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Bengali poet * Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Indian economist * Asim Dasgupta (also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.

B

* Basudeb Dasgupta, Bengali novelist and short-story writer * Benu Dasgupta, cricketer * Bijon Dasgupta, Art Director * Biplab Dasgupta, Marxist economist * Birsa Dasgupta, film director * Buddhadev Dasgupta (born 1933), an Indian classical maestro who plays the sarod * Buddhadev Dasgupta, (born 1944) Indian film-maker

C

* Chandan Dasgupta, Indian theoretical physicist * Chidananda Dasgupta (born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian

D

* Deep Dasgupta, cricketer

G

* Gurudas Dasgupta (born 1936), senior trade-union leader, Communist Party of India, and Member of Parliament

H

* Hem Chandra Dasgupta, geologist

I

Indraadip Dasgupta Indraadip Dasgupta (born 17 January 1973) is an Indian composer whose range of music is well known in various Bengali Films. In 2017 he worked in ''Begum Jaan (2017 film), Begum Jaan'', for which he composed the background score. Film direc ...

, music composer * Indrani Dasgupta, Indian Supermodel.

J

* Jahar Dasgupta, painter * Jishu Dasgupta, Bengali actor * Jnanendra Das Gupta, Indo-Swedish chemist

K

* Kankar Shubra Dasgupta, scientist and academic * Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director * Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, Independence activist * Kurchi Dasgupta, painter and writer * Kinshuk Dasgupta, Scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee

M

* Mahananda Dasgupta, experimental physicist

N

* Nairanjana Dasgupta, statistician * Nilanjana Dasgupta, social psychologist

P

* Partha Dasgupta, economist * Piyush Dasgupta, academic, political activist * Poonam Dasgupta, actress * Prabuddha Dasgupta, photographer * Probal Dasgupta, linguist * Prokar Dasgupta, urologist * Purnendu Dasgupta, Indian-American academic

R

* Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, scholar * Rana Dasgupta, British-Indian writer * Renuka Dasgupta, Bengali singer * Roma Dasgupta ( Suchitra Sen before marriage), Indian actress * Rohit K. Dasgupta, Academic and Politician

S

* Samit Dasgupta, mathematician * Sanjoy Dasgupta, computer scientist * Sayantani DasGupta, Indian-American physician * Shamik Dasgupta, comic book writer * Shamita Das Dasgupta, social activist * Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature * Somnath Dasgupta, academic and geologist * Sudhangshu Dasgupta, CPI(M) politician * Sudhin Dasgupta, Bengali music director * Surendranath Dasgupta, Sanskrit scholar and philosopher * Sujaya Dasgupta, actress * Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, singer * Swapan Dasgupta, Indian journalist, MP, Politician

T

* Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Indian physicist

U

* Uma Dasgupta, Indian actress

Y

* Yash Dasgupta, actor and model

References

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