Assamese Surnames Starting with D

Milk giver

A Bodo clan surname meaning river people

Leader of a group or troop

Pomegranate

From the dang or hill

Religious head of a Vaishnavite Satra

A Dimasa clan name meaning sky dwellers

A Dimasa clan of the sky

Young or junior title

Junior Barua in Ahom administration

Junior Bhagawati in priestly service

Junior noble title in Ahom court

Junior Gohain in Ahom nobility

Junior Phukan in Ahom administration

Ahom priestly class who performed rituals

One possessed by divine spirit in rituals

Temple keeper

Temple priest in tribal tradition

God

Divine Goswami or supreme religious head

Lord of divine beings

Divine Brahmin scholar

Temple keeper or worshipper

Tea garden Dhangar origin

From Dhekiajuli

One from Dhubri area of Western Assam

One from the Dighali river region

Chief of the Dihing river region

From the Dihing river region

One from the southern direction

Children of the great river

One from the Diphalu river region

From river confluence

One from the Dolakashar region

Kalita from Dolakashar area

From the Mising community meaning brave

Village chief among Dimasa

Officer at the gate of Ahom court

Gatekeeper

Milkman community

One from Duliajan area of Upper Assam

Tiwa fig tree clan

Deori Brahmin lineage

Gatekeeper clan

Gatekeeper or doorman in Ahom court

One associated with the gate or entrance