Das
surname · Latin script
Meaning: uncertain; probably from Rufname Tazo/Taso, perhaps influenced by DIET and Slavic names
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dæs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Das is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country, where it is the 13th most common surname.
- INIndia1 in 403(measured from records)
- QAQatar≈1 in 537
- OMOman≈1 in 755
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Das itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- #83 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 367 (measured from records)
- 1 in 403 (inferred from the name graph)
3,288,116 people
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
India
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Dat in VN Vietnam and Daş in TR Türkiye.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
uncertain; probably from Rufname Tazo/Taso, perhaps influenced by DIET and Slavic names
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Das counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #13 | 3,288,116 | 1 in 403 | 3.3M | Das | 323 |
| VN Vietnam | #508 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | listed | Dat | 178 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | — | Das | 57 |
| TR Türkiye | #627 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | — | Daş | 39 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #36 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 983 | — | Das | 88 |
| OM Oman | #57 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 755 | — | Das | 26 |
| QA Qatar | #43 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 537 | — | Das | 37 |
| KW Kuwait | #82 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Das | 28 |
3,288,116 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Das is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, plural of da (“father”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Plg. Sir-vidas, Sir-vidis, Sir-vydis (žr.). DvikamieSirvydas nės pvd., dėl sir- žr. Sirgedas, dėl vyd- — Vidmantas. 724 \ F
as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
Plg. Melvidas, Milvydas, Milvidas (žr.). Sudurtinės pvd. Dėl mil- žr. Milbutas, dėl vyd-, vid- — Vidmantas
as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In English, Chitta Ranjan, Indian politician
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Portuguese, contraction of de as (“of/from the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of do
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Krishnabhabini Dasb. 1864INBengali author and social activist
- Anup Kumarb. 1930INnot in their usual nameIndia film actor (born 17 June 1930)
- Manoj Dasb. 1934INIndian writer (1934–2021)
- Mihir Dasb. 1959INIndian (Odia) actor
- Nandita Dasb. 1969INIndian actress and film director
- Sriram Dasb. 1978USAmerican film director
- Rima Dasb. 1982INIndian Assamese film maker
- Mouma Dasb. 1984INIndian table tennis player
- Atanu Dasb. 1992INIndian archer
- Moumita DasINIndian physicist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 50 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 3.3M | #7 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 30K | #38 |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Das mean, and where does it come from?
- uncertain; probably from Rufname Tazo/Taso, perhaps influenced by DIET and Slavic names Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Das?
- A machine transcription gives /dæs/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Das have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 3.3 million people named Das, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled das.
- Where is Das most common?
- Das is densest in India, where the national register counts about 1 in 403 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Das?
- In India, the national register counted 3,288,116 people named Das, about 1 in 403 residents.
- How common is Das compared with other names?
- In India, Das is the 13th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Das?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Das” — the 13th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.