Assamese Surnames

Ahom prince

Royal Ahom lineage

A Rajput lineage among tea tribe people

An Ahom clan name

Ahom officer in charge of bridges

Warrior or Kshatriya lineage

From the Chirang district of Bodoland

An Ahom clan name from Tai origin

Phukan from the Chiring clan

A Rabha clan meaning river keeper

Four vessels

A tea tribe surname of Rajput origin

Royal Tai lineage

Keeper of records

An Ahom clan name meaning silversmith

From the Chutia kingdom

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