Deb (surname)

Deb or Dev (দেব) is a Bengali surname, commonly used by the Bengali Hindus of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Bangladesh. The surname is mostly found among the Bengali Kayastha community of India and Bangladesh.

In 12th–13th century, a Bengali Hindu dynasty Deva ruled over eastern Bengal after the Sena dynasty. The capital of this dynasty was Bikrampur in present-day Munshiganj district of Bangladesh. This Hindu Vaishnava dynasty is different from an earlier Buddhist Deva dynasty (c. 8th–9th century) of Samatata, whose capital was Devaparvata. Four rulers of this dynasty are known from the inscriptions: Shantideva, Viradeva, Anandadeva and Bhavadeva.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 56.8% of all known bearers of the surname Deb were residents of India and 40.3% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:


 * 1. Tripura (1: 46)
 * 2. Meghalaya (1: 700)
 * 3. Assam (1: 961)
 * 4. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 1,026)
 * 5. Nagaland (1: 1,497)
 * 6. West Bengal (1: 2,528)

Notable people

 * Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb (born 1953), King of Puri, "Aadyasevak" (treated as the first and foremost servitor) of Lord Jagannath.
 * Amiya Deb (1917–1983), Indian sportsman
 * Ashutosh Deb (1803–1856), Indian musician and writer
 * Debbie Deb (born 1966), American singer
 * Gautam Deb (born 1954), Indian politician
 * Goutam Deb (born 1959), Indian politician
 * Joy Deb (born 1979), Swedish songwriter
 * Kalyanmoy Deb (born 1964), Indian computer scientist
 * Linnea Deb (born 1977), Swedish actress
 * Prachi Dhabal Deb (born 1986), Indian artist
 * Radhakanta Deb (1784–1867), Indian scholar
 * Raja Narayan Deb, Indian composer
 * Samar Deb (born 1963), Indian writer
 * Siddhartha Deb (born 1970), Indian author
 * Tathoi Deb (born 1996), Indian actress
 * Trisha Deb (born 1991), Indian archer
 * Dasarath Deb (born 1916), former Chief Minister of Tripura
 * Manoj Kanti Deb (born 1972), Minister in Biplab Kumar Deb ministry
 * Biplab Kumar Deb (born 1971), Tripura CM first (BJP chief minister of Tripura)