Assamese Surnames

A Karbi clan name

A Dimasa clan from the bamboo hills

Dimasa warrior clan

Elephant keeper

Elephant keeper officer

Keeper of elephants in the Ahom court

Elephant trainer in Ahom kingdom

Potter community

Commander of a thousand soldiers

Kalita with Hazarika title

Combined Ahom title of Hazarika and Baruah

Commander of thousand

Variant of Hazarika from military title

A tea tribe Santal surname

Office keeper

Diamond or precious

From the Hmar tribal community

From Hojai region of Dimasa Kachari

A Dimasa clan from the Hojai region

River bend settlement

Tax collector or revenue official

From the Hrangkhol tribal community

A Karbi surname meaning chief

A Bodo clan surname

Bodo lord clan

Descendant of the Yadu dynasty

Battle commander

From the Jaintia Hills tribal community

A Marwari surname settled in Assam

A Bodo clan from the river confluence

Fisherman or water worker

Forest clearing maker

Of the nation

A Dimasa clan name meaning earth clan

Sacred grove keeper

A Dimasa clan associated with counting

Forest dweller or forest officer

One from Jorhat area of Assam

A Bodo clan meaning moonlit people

Light or flame

Ayurvedic physician or king of poets

From the Kachari tribal kingdom

One from the Kachari heartland

Fisherman community, related to Keot

Associated with the Kakatiya lineage

An ancient Assamese caste of cultivators

Kalita who held Phukan title

A Mising clan name meaning brave warrior