Bhattacharya

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo).

Proper noun

Bhattacharya (plural Bhattacharyas)

  1. A surname from Bengali.
    • 2025 April 2, Jen Christensen, “Scholars, groups sue Trump administration over canceled NIH research funding”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The complaint was filed Wednesday in a Massachusetts court by the American Public Health Association, the United Auto Workers, which also represents research scientists, and several scholars against the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bhattacharya is the 17087th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1661 individuals. Bhattacharya is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.56%) individuals.

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