The Gupta surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,057 people carried this name — #1,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,500 people counted. That is up 84% from 10,376 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gupta surname

Transliteration of Sanskrit गुप्त (gupta).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gupta» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

426 people named Gupta live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 159
Geneva 57
Vaud 50
Basel-Stadt 44
Basel-Landschaft 22
Zug 20
Aargau 13
Bern 12

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 179 people named Gupta live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 83
Antwerp 45
Flemish Brabant 34
Liège 9
East Flanders 8

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

60 people named Gupta have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 568 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Lower Silesian 16
Masovian 13
Lesser Poland 11
Lublin 9
Silesian 4
Pomeranian 3
Subcarpathian 2
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

853 people named Gupta are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 482
Norway (2025) 302
Finland (2026) 69

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Gupta in American newspapers,
1907–1921.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Gupta
Daily Kennebec Journal 1907-07-23
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Gupta
The New York Herald 1921-02-16
Newspaper page from The Breckenridge News carrying the name Gupta
The Breckenridge News 1918-08-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gupta in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

1,465 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gupta. The most, 877, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 512
Queensland 299
Western Australia 206
Victoria 192
South Australia 111
Tasmania 74
ACT (Canberra) 66
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gupta.

Who carried it

People named Gupta,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mahendranath Gupta
    Mahendranath Gupta 1854–1932 · writer
  • Jennifer A. Gupta
    Jennifer A. Gupta 1901– · astrophysicist
  • Banarsi Das Gupta
    Banarsi Das Gupta 1917–2007 · politician
  • Umang Gupta
    Umang Gupta 1949–2022 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Mahendranath Gupta: Vedanta Society of So. Calif., CC BY-SA 2.5 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5); Jennifer A. Gupta: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 254 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gupta,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States19 records

19 records of the Gupta name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kamini K. Gupta

    Born 1918 in California. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, from San Francisco County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at San Francisco National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Birj N. Gupta

    Born 1902 in India. Entered the United States in 1924. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. An Oregon State Board of Health certificate of death, 1910
    Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910
    Death record Omnarain Gupta

    Died 1970 in New York State, aged 29.

    New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index

Showing 3 of 19 records for Gupta in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Gupta name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ravindranath Gupta

    Born 1950 in India; died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sain Dass Gupta

    Born 1927 in Pakistan; died 1992 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pawan Kumar Gupta

    Born 1944 in India; died 1998 in Versailles (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Gupta in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Gupta name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Donald L. Das Gupta

    Arrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Orontes, aged 9.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Helena Das Gupta

    Arrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Orontes, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record D. N. Mary Gupta

    Arrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Orontes, aged 11.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Gupta in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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