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| Language(s) | Bengali |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Bengal region of India and Bangladesh |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Gupta, Dasgupta, Duttagupta, Kargupta, Debgupta |
Sengupta (Bengali: সেনগুপ্ত) is a Bengali surname found among the Bengalis of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. They belong to the Baidya caste of Bengal. The surname is a compound of Sen and Gupta.
Baidyas, a caste (jāti) of Ayurvedic physicians, along with Brahmins and Kayasthas, are regarded among the top three higher castes that comprise the "upper layer of Hindu society". In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in West Bengal.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 67.8% of all known bearers of the surname Sengupta were residents of India and 22.5% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:
- 1. West Bengal (1: 1,621)
- 2. Tripura (1: 9,413)
- 3. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 10,887)
- 4. Delhi (1: 11,950)
- 5. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1: 14,613)
Notables
- Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903–1976), Bengali author
- Aditya Vikram Sengupta (born 1983), Indian film director, cinematographer and graphic designer
- Anasuya Sengupta, Indian poet, author, activist
- Anita Sengupta, British-born American aerospace engineer
- Anup Sengupta, Bengali film director and producer
- Apoorva Sengupta (1939–2013), Indian cricketer
- Arjun Kumar Sengupta (1937–2010), Indian politician and Member of the Parliament of India
- Arunabha Sengupta (born 1973), Indian novelist
- Atiha Sen Gupta (born 1988), British playwright and screenwriter
- Barkha Sengupta (born 1979), Indian television and film actress
- Barun Sengupta (1934–2008), Bengali journalist and founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper
- Biswatosh Sengupta (born 1944), Indian academic from Kolkata
- Bonny Sengupta, Indian Bengali film actor
- Bratin Sengupta (born 1963), Indian politician
- Deep Sengupta (born 1988), Indian chess grandmaster
- Dipankar Sengupta Dipon, Bangladeshi film director
- Gurunath Sengupta (1848–1914), Sanskrit scholar from the Jessore District of Bangladesh
- Hindol Sengupta, (born 1979), Indian historian and journalist
- Hiranmay Sen Gupta (born 1934), Bangladeshi nuclear physicist
- Indraneil Sengupta, Indian model and actor, born in Assam
- Jatindra Mohan Sengupta (1885–1933), Indian revolutionary, President of then Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and Bengal Swaraj Party
- Jatindranath Sengupta (1887–1954), Bengali poet and writer
- Jisshu Sengupta, also known as Jisshu, Bengali film actor
- Joy Sengupta (born 1968), Indian film and stage actor
- Joya Sengupta, Bangladesh Awami League politician, doctor
- Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta (born 1953), Indian lawyer, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- Krishnendu Sengupta (born 1970), Indian professor of theoretical physics
- Mallika Sengupta (1960–2011), Bengali poet, feminist, and reader of Sociology from Kolkata
- Mihir Sengupta, Bengali Indian writer
- Moinak Sengupta (born 1973), Indian cricketer
- N. C. Sen Gupta, the eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 19 May to 19 August 1975
- Narendra Nath Sen Gupta (1889–1944), Indian psychologist, philosopher, and professor
- Nares Chandra Sen-Gupta (1882–1964), legal scholar and Bengali novelist
- Nellie Sengupta (1886–1973), Englishwoman who fought for Indian Independence
- Nikhil Baran Sengupta (1943–2014), Indian art director of Oriya films
- Niranjan Sen Gupta, Bengali Indian revolutionary
- Nitish Sengupta (1933–2013), Revenue Secretary of the Government of India
- Papiya Sengupta, Indian television actress
- Partho Sen-Gupta (born 1965), Indian-born French independent film director and screenwriter
- Paulami Sengupta, the editor of three magazines in India: Anandamela, Unish Kuri and Career
- Phani Gopal Sen Gupta (born 1905), Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha from Purnia (1952–1970)
- Piya Sengupta (born 1969), Indian film actress, producer, director and writer
- Poile Sengupta (born 1948), Indian writer, playwright and actress
- Prabodh Chandra Sengupta (1876–1962), historian of astronomy in ancient India
- Pramod Ranjan Sengupta (1907–1974), Marxist intellectual and Bengali revolutionary
- Priti Sengupta, Gujarati poet and writer
- Pulak Sengupta (born 1963), Indian petrologist
- Ramananda Sengupta (1916–2017), Indian cinematographer
- Ratnottama Sengupta (born 1955), Indian film journalist, festival curator, and author
- Rituparna Sengupta (born 1971), Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi films
- Rudraprasad Sengupta (born 1935), Bengali Indian actor, director and cultural critic
- Sachin Sengupta (1891–1961), Bengali playwright and theatre producer and director
- Sagar Sengupta (born 1968), Indian immunologist and cancer biologist
- Shantanu Sengupta, Indian cell biologist
- Sohini Sengupta, Indian film and theatre actress
- Somini Sengupta (fl. 2023), American journalist
- Stephanie Sengupta, American producer and writer
- Subodh Chandra Sengupta (1903–1998), Indian academic and critic of English literature, Shakespearean scholar
- Sudipta Sengupta (born 1946), professor in structural geology in Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
- Sukhamoy Sen Gupta, Chief Minister of Tripura in India from 1972 to 1977
- Suranjit Sengupta (1945–2017), senior Bangladesh Awami League politician
- Swatilekha Sengupta (1950–2021), Bengali actress
- Tarakeswar Sengupta (1905–1931), Indian independence activist
- Upal Sengupta, lead vocalist of Bengali band Chandrabinoo
- Ushoshi Sengupta (born 1988), Indian beauty pageant contestant and winner of Miss India Universe 2010
See also
References
- Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
- Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara (2004). Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal. SAGE. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-76199-849-5.
- Sengupta Surname Distribution
- Bose, Nirmal Kumar (1994). Structure of Hindu Society. Orient BlackSwan. p. 163. ISBN 978-8-12500-855-2.
- Leslie, Charles M. (1976). Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study. University of California Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-52003-511-9.
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