Das (surname)

Das (Punjabi: ਦਾਸ (Gurmukhi), داس (Shahmukhi); Hindi: दास; Oriya: ଦାସ / ଦାଶ; Assamese/Bengali: দাস; translation: devotee^[1]) is a common surname in India and Bangladesh, among adherents of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. It is a vernacularized form of Dasa.

In the Punjab region of India^[2] they generally belong to the Brahmin caste.^[3] In the Assam Valley, Orissa, Bihar and Bengal Das belongs to Kayastha caste and some Schedule Castes communities also uses the surname.^[4][5]

Das is also a surname (with a different meanining and etymology; Das means "badger" in Dutch, from PIE *teks-) found amongst the Dutch of the Netherlands.^[6] Again Das surname was designated to many higher caste Kayasths who used to worship Lord Krishna in the middle-ages.The first part of their name consisted one of the many names of Lord Krishna and a suffix Das was added to that.

Notable people with the surname Das

The Das's

• Amar Das, the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism caste- Khatri
• Amil Kumar Das
• Beni Madhab Das
• Bhagavan Das, Urdu poet
• Raja Bhagwant Das, Rajasthani ruler of Amber caste- Rajput
• Bina Das
• Brojen Das
• Chittaranjan Das, a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
• Dinesh Das, a Bengali poet residing in Calcutta
• Bhai Dyal Das, Sikh martyr
• Durga Mohan Das
• Gardhab Das, fictional character
• Gobindachandra Das
• Gurcharan Das, a Punjabi columnist for The Times of India
• Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet
• Kamala Das
• Khagen Das
• Krishna Das
• Bhai Mati Das, Sikh martyr caste- Saraswat Brahmin
• Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the Sikh gurus
• Rana Bhagwan Das, former Chief Justice of Pakistan; Sindhi caste- Rajput--
• Ranjan Das
• Bhai Sati Das, Sikh martyr
• Satish Ranjan Das
• Seth Govind Das
• Shomie Das, schoolmaster
• Sumi Das, reporter for MSNBC and CNN
• Sudhi Ranjan Das
• Surya Das
• Tahbit Das Elahi Chowdhury
• Vasundhara Das, Indian actress and singer caste- Iyanger Brahmin
• Veena Das, caste- scheduled caste
• Sarala Dasa, Caste-Caste-Oriya Kayastha/Karana,14th century poet of Orissa
• Jagannatha Dash, Caste-Oriya/Utkal Brahmin,15 century Sankrit and Oriya poet
• Madhusudan Das, caste-Oriya Kayastha/Karana (Later converted to Christian), Famous Oriya Lawyer and Indian nationalist of 19th century.
• Gopabandhu Dash, Caste-Oriya/Utkal Brahmin,Indian Freedom Fighter,Reformer,Journalist and educationist
• Nandita Das, caste-Oriya kayastha/Karana,Indian actress
• Jatin Das, Caste-Oriya kayastha/Karana,Indian painter
• Shiv Sundar Das, Caste-Oriya Kayastha/Karana,Indian Cricketer
• Manoj Das, Caste-Oriya Vaishnava/Kayastha/Karana,Renowned English and Oriya writer
• K. S. R. Das, famous Indian film director.

Prabir Das,stood 5th in Madhyamick,2006 West Bengal,after that his career not much of impact

References

1. ^ Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. 2006. p. 353. ISBN 1-4286-1308-0. 
2. ^ "Sikh surnames". Science groupsrv. http://www.groupsrv.com/science/about146639.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
3. ^ "Bhai Mati Das". Sikh Heritage. http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/matisatidyal/MatiSatiDyal.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
4. ^ "Das". Family Education. http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/das. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
5. ^ "Pakistan Needs Tulip Revolution". OhyNews. http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=352417&rel_no=1. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
6. ^ "Dutch Surnames". Sara L. Uckelman. http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/dutch/dutch15surnames.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 

See also

• Dasa
• Dass

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