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From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto <jcp>)
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Subject: Re: Common names in other countries
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 21:40:29 EST
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	Bannerjee (also spelled Bannerji), is one of the three or four
common Bengali Brahmin names (Chaterjee, Mukherjee, Bannerjee and
Chakravathy) which comprise probably 80% of all Bengali Brahmins.
I would expect there to be approximately 5 million of each in India.
I personally know of three different families name Bannerjee that
live in the Baltimore, Maryland area.  In India, one block that I
was staying at a house on had 6 Bannerjee families within a 4 block
radius.  (And it wasn't even in Bengal!).

						-JCP-


PS:
	In India, it is usual to know a person's State Ancestry and
Caste just from their last name.