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Updated August 19, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Bengal) : Hindu (Brahman) name, whose Sanskrit form, Gangopadhyaya, means ‘teacher from the village of Ganga’. Sanskrit upādhyāya means ‘teacher’. Compare Chatterjee, Banerjee, Mukherjee.

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