Chatterjee

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Bengali চাটুজ্জে (caṭujje).

Proper noun

Chatterjee (plural Chatterjees)

1. A surname from Bengali.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chatterjee is the 13985^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2155 individuals. Chatterjee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chatterjee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.