Gupta Surname
Approximately 3,011,869 people bear this surname
Gupta Surname User-submission:
The name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit, goptri, meaning 'protector' or 'governor'.
Unlike other Indian surnames, the surname Gupta has been adopted by various different communities across India irrespective of their caste.
In India, the surname Gupta is used mainly by the Vaishya Bania communities, particularly those belonging to Rauniyar, Agarwal, Mahur, Tailik (Teli), Barnwal, Kanu, Khandelwal, Arora, Jaiswal, Arya Vaishya, Mahajan, Mahawar, Maheshwari, Patwa, Kasuadhan, Lashkari and Mathur Vaishya sub castes.
Read More About This SurnameGupta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,835,996 | 1:270 | 25 |
| Nepal | 56,930 | 1:500 | 100 |
| Bangladesh | 38,120 | 1:4,180 | 387 |
| United States | 26,796 | 1:13,527 | 1,682 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8,045 | 1:1,139 | 128 |
| England | 6,721 | 1:8,290 | 1,211 |
| Thailand | 5,071 | 1:13,930 | 960 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,048 | 1:6,112 | 847 |
| Oman | 4,501 | 1:819 | 111 |
| Canada | 4,170 | 1:8,836 | 1,319 |
| Australia | 3,004 | 1:8,987 | 1,337 |
| Singapore | 2,050 | 1:2,687 | 236 |
| Qatar | 1,966 | 1:1,199 | 88 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Bahrain | 1,337 | 1:1,009 | 127 |
| Kuwait | 1,292 | 1:2,942 | 383 |
| Malaysia | 903 | 1:32,662 | 2,763 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Germany | 711 | 1:113,228 | 13,945 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| New Zealand | 579 | 1:7,821 | 1,327 |
| Fiji | 440 | 1:2,033 | 307 |
| Hong Kong | 351 | 1:20,899 | 456 |
| Netherlands | 286 | 1:59,046 | 10,167 |
| Indonesia | 247 | 1:535,422 | 43,307 |
| Japan | 243 | 1:526,108 | 14,829 |
| Poland | 236 | 1:161,054 | 22,666 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Switzerland | 197 | 1:41,690 | 5,856 |
| Scotland | 196 | 1:27,315 | 2,915 |
| Tanzania | 194 | 1:272,895 | 21,498 |
| France | 179 | 1:371,077 | 55,233 |
| Sweden | 152 | 1:64,781 | 4,943 |
| China | 133 | 1:10,280,613 | 645 |
| Wales | 132 | 1:23,443 | 2,472 |
| Kenya | 124 | 1:372,419 | 21,454 |
| Russia | 124 | 1:1,162,283 | 85,907 |
| Norway | 123 | 1:41,807 | 5,981 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Ireland | 97 | 1:48,546 | 3,552 |
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| Spain | 80 | 1:584,400 | 27,603 |
| Belgium | 79 | 1:145,527 | 20,575 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Myanmar | 49 | 1:1,059,959 | 527 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Finland | 46 | 1:119,494 | 11,620 |
| Denmark | 45 | 1:125,438 | 11,414 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Italy | 39 | 1:1,568,120 | 82,279 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| South Korea | 36 | 1:1,423,340 | 382 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| Northern Ireland | 24 | 1:76,876 | 5,365 |
| Tajikistan | 22 | 1:381,213 | 2,820 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Belarus | 21 | 1:452,431 | 44,053 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Guyana | 19 | 1:40,117 | 3,928 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17 | 1:80,234 | 5,870 |
| Vietnam | 16 | 1:5,790,378 | 2,464 |
| Bhutan | 15 | 1:41,069 | 598 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Macau | 9 | 1:66,848 | 400 |
| Maldives | 9 | 1:44,908 | 2,305 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Cyprus | 6 | 1:147,479 | 8,354 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Belize | 4 | 1:88,868 | 3,294 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Güpta (1), Guptà (1), Guptã (1) & Gúptá (2) are calculated separately.
Gupta (24,439) may also be a first name.
Gupta Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit, goptri, meaning 'protector' or 'governor'.
Unlike other Indian surnames, the surname Gupta has been adopted by various different communities across India irrespective of their caste.
In India, the surname Gupta is used mainly by the Vaishya Bania communities, particularly those belonging to Rauniyar, Agarwal, Mahur, Tailik (Teli), Barnwal, Kanu, Khandelwal, Arora, Jaiswal, Arya Vaishya, Mahajan, Mahawar, Maheshwari, Patwa, Kasuadhan, Lashkari and Mathur Vaishya sub castes.
Additionally, the surname Gupta is adopted by some other communities in other parts of the Indian subcontinent:
The Guptas from West Bengal belong to the Vaidya/Baidya (physician) community, and are related to the Sengupta and Dasgupta communities of Bengal who are also Vaidyas.
Kayasthas also use the title Guptha like Sen Gupta and Das Gupta.
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Gupta Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Gupta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gupta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gupta (Bengali: গুপ্ত, Hindi: गुप्ता, Marathi: गुपता, Oriya: ଗୁା, Russian: Гупта, Tibetan: གུབ་ཏ་) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Güpta, Guptà, Guptã or Gúptá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gupta? popularity and diffusion
Gupta is the 177th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,420 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Gupta reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 32,554th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 24,439 people.
Gupta is most widely held in India, where it is held by 2,835,996 people, or 1 in 270. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent reside, Bihar, where 13 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 11 percent reside. Outside of India it occurs in 170 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 2 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside.
Gupta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gupta has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 336,050 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gupta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gupta last name is principally Orthodox (60%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Gupta surname are 0.079999999999998% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.15% being registered with the party.
The amount Gupta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 64.53% less than the national average, earning €10,651 per year; in Norway they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning 342,027 kr per year; in Peru they earn 732.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 161,460 per year; in South Africa they earn 0.69% less than the national average, earning R 236,004 per year; in United States they earn 35.68% more than the national average, earning $58,546 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.24% more than the national average, earning $66,196 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gupta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gupta in the Hindi language | ||
| गुप्ता | gupta | 99.16 |
| गुपता | gupata | 0.29 |
| गूप्ता | gupta | 0.09 |
| गुप्त | gupta | 0.06 |
| गु्प्ता | gupta | 0.02 |
| पुप्ता | pupta | 0 |
| गुन्ता़ | gunta | 0 |
| ग़ूप्ता | gupta | 0 |
| गुप्टा | gupta | 0 |
| गुपा | gupa | 0 |
| गुप्त़ा | guptaa | 0 |
| गुप्ताु | guptau | 0 |
| गप्त | gapta | 0 |
| गुाप्ता | guapta | 0 |
| गुप्जा | gupja | 0 |
| नीता | nita | 0 |
| ऊर्फ | urpha | 0 |
| गुम्ता | gumta | 0 |
| गुपत्ा | gupata | 0 |
| गंप्ता | gampta | 0 |
| गुत्प्ता | gutpta | 0 |
| गु़़प्ता | gupta | 0 |
| ग़़्ुप्ता | gaupta | 0 |
| गुप्पा | guppa | 0 |
| गूप्त | gupta | 0 |
| बूप्ता | bupta | 0 |
| गप्ुता | gaputa | 0 |
| ़गुप्ता | gupta | 0 |
| गूुप्ता | guupta | 0 |
| गुप्ंता | gupnta | 0 |
| गु्पता | gupata | 0 |
| गुत्ता | gutta | 0 |
| गुप्'ता | gup'ta | 0 |
| एफ | epha | 0 |
| गुूप्ता | guupta | 0 |
| गुप्त्ाा | guptaa | 0 |
| गुव्ता | guvta | 0 |
| गूपता | gupata | 0 |
| गुच्ता | gucta | 0 |
| गुप्प्ता | guppta | 0 |
| ्गुप्ता | gupta | 0 |
| ुप्ता | upta | 0 |
| गुप्ला | gupla | 0 |
| गुप्त्ा | gupta | 0 |
| ग्ुप्ता | gupta | 0 |
| मुप्ता | mupta | 0 |
| ग्रुप्ता | grupta | 0 |
| गुप़्ता | gupata | 0 |
| गुपत | gupata | 0 |
| बुप्ता | bupta | 0 |
| ग़ुप्ता | gupta | 0 |
| गुता | guta | 0 |
| गुंप्ता | gumpta | 0 |
| गुन्ता | gunta | 0 |
| गु़प्ता | gupta | 0 |
| गुुप्ता | guupta | 0 |
| गुप्मा | gupma | 0 |
| गप्ता | gapta | 0 |
| गुप्ताा | guptaa | 0 |
| गुप्ता़ | gupta | 0 |
| Gupta in the Bengali language | ||
| গুপ্ত | gupta | 95.65 |
| গুপ্তা | gupta | 4.22 |
| গূপ্ত | gupta | 0.12 |
| Gupta in the Tibetan language | ||
| གུབ་ཏ་ | gubta | 94.12 |
| གུཔ་ཏ་ | gupata | 5.88 |
| Gupta in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁା | gua | 90.04 |
| ଗୁ | gu | 7.37 |
| ମୁଗୁା | mugua | 0.47 |
| ଗୁଗ୍ା | guga | 0.14 |
| ଗୁଯ୍ା | guya | 0.13 |
| ଗୁଜ୍ା | guja | 0.13 |
| ଅୁଗୁା | augua | 0.12 |
| ଇୁଗୁା | iugua | 0.1 |
| ଗୁଵ୍ା | guva | 0.1 |
| ସୁଗୁା | sugua | 0.08 |
| ଗୁଚ୍ା | guca | 0.08 |
| ଗୁଅ | gu'a | 0.07 |
| ଗୁଓା | guoa | 0.06 |
| ଗୁଦ୍ା | guda | 0.05 |
| ଗୁତାି | gutai | 0.02 |
| ଗୁଇା | guia | 0.02 |
| ଗୁନ୍ା | guna | 0.02 |
| ଗୁଫ଼୍ା | gufa | 0.02 |
| ଗୁକ଼୍ା | guqa | 0.02 |
| ଗୁତ୍ା | guta | 0.02 |
| ଗୁମ୍ା | guma | 0.02 |
| ଗୁଲ୍ା | gula | 0.02 |
| ଗୁାତାି | guatai | 0.02 |
| ଗୁର | gura | 0.02 |
| ଗୁପ୍ା | gupa | 0.01 |
| ଗୁସ୍ା | gusa | 0.01 |
| ରୂପକ | rupaka | 0.01 |
| ରୁପଚ | rupaca | 0.01 |
| ଗୁପତା | gupata | 0.01 |
| ଗୁତାୀ | gutai | 0.01 |
| ଗୁବ୍ା | guba | 0.01 |
| ପାତ | pata | 0.01 |
| ରୂପଲ | rupala | 0.01 |
| ରୂପଚା | rupaca | 0.01 |
| ଉପମା | upama | 0.01 |
| Gupta in the Marathi language | ||
| गुपता | gupata | 26.46 |
| गुप्ता | gupta | 24.74 |
| गौतम | gautama | 13.02 |
| गुप् | gup | 10.69 |
| गुत्पा | gutpa | 3.91 |
| गुफा | gupha | 3.84 |
| गुान | guana | 3.7 |
| गुप | gupa | 3.43 |
| गुां | guam | 3.02 |
| गुपत | gupata | 0.82 |
| गु-ता | gu-ta | 0.41 |
| गूपता | gupata | 0.41 |
| गुप्त | gupta | 0.41 |
| गुता | guta | 0.41 |
| उपमा | upama | 0.27 |
| उपद | upada | 0.27 |
| गुाट | guata | 0.27 |
| गुंता | gunta | 0.21 |
| उपन् | upan | 0.14 |
| गुत | guta | 0.14 |
| उपव | upava | 0.14 |
| गु्ता | guta | 0.14 |
| गुपमा | gupama | 0.14 |
| Gupta in the Russian language | ||
| Гупта | gupta | - |
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