Banerjee
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bengali বাঁড়ুজ্জে (bãṛujje), which is from Sanskrit बन्द्योपाध्याय (bandyopādhyāya), from Sanskrit वन्द्य (vandya, “venerable”) + Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher”).
Proper noun edit
Banerjee (plural Banerjees)
- A surname from Bengali.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Banerjee is the 11543rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2723 individuals. Banerjee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (91.63%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Banerjee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 94.