Barman (surname)

Barman or its variants Burman (Bengali: বর্মন), Varman (Hindi: बर्मन, Sanskrit: वर्मन्), (Punjabi ਬਰਮਨ), Varma, Verma (Kannada: ವರ್ಮ, Malayalam: വര്‍മ, Tamil: வர்மன், Telugu: వర్మ), are surnames used in the Indian subcontinent.

In Sanskrit language, Varma (Sanskrit: वर्मा) is the masculine form of the word for "Armour".

Indian traditional usage
Barman was the surname used by members of the Cochin, Travancore, Tripura and other royal families.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.3% of all known bearers of the surname Barman were residents of India and 3.4% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:
 * 1. West Bengal (1: 45)
 * 2. Assam (1: 71)
 * 3. Tripura (1: 285)

Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
 * Chandravarman (4th century CE) was a king of the Pushkarana kingdom in the Bankura district of West Bengal extended eastward to the Faridpur district of Bangladesh
 * Mulavarman, was the king of the Kutai Martadipura Kingdom located in eastern Borneo around the year 400 CE, Indonesia and Malaysia
 * Bhadravarman I is the 5th century King of Champa, Vietnam
 * Purnavarman is the 5th century king of Tarumanagara, Indonesia
 * Bhaskaravarman (7th century CE) was a king of Varman dynasty, Kamarupa, India
 * Yashovarman (c. 725 – 752), king of Kannauj in the western Ganges plain (northern India)
 * Avantivarman (855-883 CE), founder of Utpala dynasty, Kashmir (northern Indian)
 * Adityawarman (1347–1375), king of Mauli dynasty based on central Sumatra, Indonesia
 * Adwaita Mallabarman (1914), Indian writer
 * Basudeb Barman (born 1935), Communist Party of India politician
 * Hiten Barman (born 1950), All India Forward Bloc politician
 * Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman (born 1977), Hindu monarch, Tripura, North-eastern India
 * Ranen Barman (born 1969), Revolutionary Socialist Party politician
 * Uddabh Barman (21st century), Indian communist politician
 * R. D. Burman (19th century), Indian music director
 * S. D. Burman Bollywood music director and playback singer of Indian music (1932-1975)
 * Swapna Barman Indian athletic gold medalist (W.B)
 * Somdev Devvarman Indian tennis player (A.S)
 * Anand Burman chairman of Dabur (W.B)
 * Upendranath Barman Indian politician
 * Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman last King of Tripura, a princely state in northeastern India

Other notable people elsewhere

 * Christian Barman (1898–1980), Belgian-born British industrial designer
 * Jean Barman, American-born historian of British Columbia
 * MC Paul Barman (born 1974), American rapper
 * Ole Barman (1897–1983), Norwegian jurist, novelist etc.
 * Tom Barman (born 1972), Belgian musician and film director
 * Travis Barman, American astronomer