The das Surname

das Name Meaning and History

Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name, from Bengali daš ‘votary’, ‘servant’, from Sanskrit dasa ‘slave’, ‘servant’. It is also commonly used as the final element of compound given names, for example Bhagavandas ‘servant of god’, Mohandas ‘votary of Mohan (an epithet of the god Krishna)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The das name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the das family name as far back in history as possible.

das Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of das Families in the US in 1920

Number of das families

4-6

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Capt. Eric B. Das, Iraq War, April 2003	jasche	0
Obit: Bernadette Marie Petry (nee Das)	Obit_Lady	0
Obit: Manorama Das	Trish_Bliss02	0
Obit: Vinay K. Das	Trish Bliss	0
Obit: Arabinda Das	Trish Bliss	0

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