Ganguly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali গাঙ্গুলি (gaṅguli), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā) +‎ उपाध्याय (upādhyāya), literally “teacher from the banks of the Ganges”. This surname is mostly found in West Bengal.

Proper noun

Ganguly (plural Gangulys)

1. A surname from Bengali.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ganguly is the 35447^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 635 individuals. Ganguly is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ganguly”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12.