Nath (surname)
Nath is an Indian surname, commonly found among Bengali Hindus. 'Nath' community belongs to the Yogi-Nath group and are listed as Other Backward Class in West Bengal.[1]
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 84.9% of all known bearers of the surname Nath were residents of India, 11.5% were residents of Bangladesh and 0.7% were residents of Nepal. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:[2]
- 1. Tripura (1: 60)
- 2. Assam (1: 71)
- 3. Jammu and Kashmir (1: 267)
- 4. Chandigarh (1: 336)
- 5. Himachal Pradesh (1: 380)
- 6. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 477)
- 7. Delhi (1: 576)
- 8. Odisha (1: 601)
- 9. Haryana (1: 641)
- 10. Uttarakhand (1: 759)
- 11. Uttar Pradesh (1: 823)
- 12. Punjab (1: 957)
Notables
- Alka Nath, Indian politician
- Alok Nath, Indian actor
- Akshdeep Nath, Indian cricketer
- Avindra Nath, Canadian physician-scientist
- Babaji Nath, Indian poet
- Bijoy Nath, Indian cricketer
- Chuon Nath, Cambodian Monk
- David Nath, British television documentary producer and director
- Dhiraj Kumar Nath, Bangladeshi diplomat
- Kamal Nath, Indian politician
- Karan Nath, Hindi film actor
- Kartar Nath, Indian cricketer
- Mahant Chand Nath, Indian politician
- Michael Nath, British writer and academic
- Narendra Nath, Indian actor
- Prem Nath, Indian actor
- Pandit Pran Nath, Indian musician
- Pran Nath, theoretical physicist
- Rajendra Nath, Nepalese comedian
- Reema Rakesh Nath, Indian film writer
- Sandeep Nath, Indian lyricist, screenwriter
- Vann Nath, Cambodian painter
See also
This page lists people with the surname Nath.
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References
- ^ "List of Other Backward Classes (O.B.C.) Recognized by Govt. of West Bengal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-13.
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