Bengali Surnames

Guide, mentor

Chosen, selected

Drummer or soft-spoken

Lotus stalk

Cobbler community

Grocer or grain seller

Chief administrator, from 'mukhya' meaning chief

Chief teacher, from 'mukhya' and 'upadhyaya'

From Mukhoti village

Chief or owner, from Arabic 'malik'

Learned man of Ram lineage

Spirit keeper, a Santhali tribal surname

Santal tribal clan

Guide or spiritual master

Clerk, record keeper

Snake, from Sanskrit 'naga'

Nose ring makers

Happy one, from Sanskrit 'nandi' meaning joy

Joyful, from Sanskrit 'nandi'

Barber

Bodo tribal surname in Bengal

Genealogy keepers

Helper, supporter

Genealogist, keeper of family histories

Leader, chief

Mongoose catchers or snake ward

Blue lotus

Discipline of the faith

Salt carrier from Birbhum

Light of the faith

Ornament of justice

Jewel of justice/logic

Pilgrimage of justice

Western direction dwellers

Lotus (sacred flower)

Village priest (tribal)

Fig tree keeper

Village protector chief

Nurtured or fostered, from Sanskrit 'palita'

Five faced like Shiva

Small hill tribe of Chittagong

Water storyteller from rural Bogra

Five, linked to a five-village headman

Assayer or examiner

Supreme swan (spiritual title)

From sage Parashara

Son of Pritha (Arjuna)

Star, the Pleiades