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In Bangladesh, a person's surname depends on his or her religion. There are different pools of surnames for Islamic families, for Hindu families, and for Buddhist families.

First names are taken from the Arab pool (if Muslim) or the East Indian pool (if Hindu or Buffhist).

Many Bangladeshis have two first names: a "good name", used for legal documents, and a "call name", which is what everybody calls them. The two are often unrelated: a man named Vijay may go by Bubai.

Many male Islamic Bangladeshis put Mohammod/Muhammad before their first names, as a prefix rather than a given name in the truest sense of the term. This can be abbreviated to Md.: Md. Ali Sarkar.

Surnames

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Islamic surnames

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  1. Akhand
  2. Aktar
  3. Akther
  4. Batin
  5. Bhai
  6. Bhuiyan
  7. Bishwash
  8. Chakladar
  9. Chaqladar
  10. Chowdhury
  11. Chy
  12. Dewan
  13. Dihidar
  14. Fakir
  15. Faqir
  16. Farin
  17. Gazi
  18. Gomastha
  19. Haldar
  20. Hazari
  21. Howladar
  22. Inamdar
  23. Joardar
  24. Karkun
  25. Kashem
  26. Kazi
  27. Khan
  28. Khondakar
  29. Kochi
  30. Lashkar
  31. Lohani
  32. Majumdar
  33. Malangi
  34. Malik
  35. Malla
  36. Mandal
  37. Matubbar
  38. Mazumdar
  39. Meah
  40. Mia
  41. Miah
  42. Mian
  43. Mir
  44. Mirza
  45. Molla
  46. Muhuri
  47. Munshi
  48. Mustafi
  49. Nahar
  50. Panni
  51. Paran
  52. Parvez
  53. Patoyari
  54. Pramanik
  55. Qanungo
  56. Quader
  57. Quazi
  58. Quddus
  59. Rab
  60. Sardar
  61. Sarder
  62. Sarkar
  63. Shah
  64. Shamsuddin
  65. Sheikh
  66. Shikdar
  67. Sikdar
  68. Sikder
  69. Sircar
  70. Sunny
  71. Syed
  72. Talukdar
  73. Tarafdar
  74. Thakur

Hindu surnames

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  1. Banik
  2. Bapary
  3. Bhattacharya
  4. Bhottacharjo
  5. Bhottacharjyo
  6. Bhoumik
  7. Bhowmik
  8. Bishwas
  9. Bondyopadhyay
  10. Bonik
  11. Bosu
  12. Byapari
  13. Chakrabarty
  14. Chakraborty
  15. Chokroborti
  16. Chottopadhyay
  17. Choudhuri
  18. Chowdhury
  19. Das
  20. Datta
  21. De
  22. Debroy
  23. Dey
  24. Dotto
  25. Dutta
  26. Gain
  27. Gangopadhyay
  28. Gayen
  29. Ghosh
  30. Ghush
  31. Gongopadhyay
  32. Goswami
  33. Guha
  34. Guho
  35. Gupta
  36. Gupto
  37. Gushami
  38. Majumder
  39. Mitra
  40. Mitro
  41. Mozumdar
  42. Mukhopadhyay
  43. Munshi
  44. Munsi
  45. Nath
  46. Nil
  47. Pal
  48. Paul
  49. Prabhupada
  50. Probhupado
  51. Purakayastha
  52. Purkait
  53. Purokayostho
  54. Ray
  55. Roy
  56. Saha
  57. Sarkar
  58. Sarker
  59. Sen
  60. Seu
  61. Sorkar
  62. Thakur

Buddhist surnames

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  1. Banik
  2. Bapary
  3. Barua
  4. Baruah
  5. Bondyopadhyay
  6. Bonik
  7. Borua
  8. Boruya
  9. Byapari
  10. Chakma
  11. Chottopadhyay
  12. Gonggopadhyay
  13. Larma
  14. Mahathero
  15. Marma
  16. Mohathero
  17. Mru
  18. Mrung
  19. Mukhopadhyay
  20. Murong
  21. Murung
  22. Mutsuddi
  23. Pal
  24. Patoyari
  25. Patwary
  26. Paul
  27. Ray
  28. Roy
  29. Sarkar
  30. Sarker
  31. Sorkar
  32. Talukdar
  33. Talukder
  34. Tanchangya
  35. Tonchongga
  36. Tripura
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