Gupta /ˈɡuːptə/ (Hindi: गुप्ता) is a common surname of Indian origin of Vaishya Bania Community, Gupt or Gupta always use as a surname of vaishya community.
According to some academicians, the name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit goptri, meaning military governor. A more direct translation of the Sanskrit word gupta is 'secret' or 'hidden'. According to prominent historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different vaishya communities in northern and eastern India at different times. In south vaishya communities use sur name chetty, shetty, setty, settigar etc.
In northern India, the surname Gupta has been adopted mainly by the Agarwal communities.
Below is a list of various Vaishya communities which adopt the surname Gupta
Agarwal : Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi
Barnwal: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Kesarwani : Uttar Pradesh
Khandelwal: Rajasthan
Mahajan: Jammu, Punjab, Himachal
Mahawar: Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi
Maheshwari: Rajasthan
Mathur: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Dhromer: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi
Porwal: Rajasthan
Rastogi: Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Rauniyar or Roniyar: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal,
Varshney: Western Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Rajasthan
Omer : Southern Uttar Pradesh
Agrahari: Uttar Pardesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal
List of people with the name Gupta
Monarchs
Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire
Maharaja Sri-Gupta, founder of the Gupta Empire
Ghatotkacha (Gupta Ruler), father of Chandragupta I
Chandragupta I, first Gupta emperor
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta
Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)
Scientists
Brahmagupta (589–668), Indian mathematician and astronomer
Academics
Aghore Nath Gupta, an Indian scholar of Buddhism and a preacher of the Brahmo Samaj
Akhil Gupta, professor at the University of California, Los
Angeles, in the field of social and cultural anthropology
Amar Gupta, professor and scientist
Amlan Das Gupta, Indian professor of English in Jadavpur University, Kolkata
M K Das Gupta, Indian professor and scientist
Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Indian biologist
S. P. Gupta, Indian archaeologist and art historian
Suraj N. Gupta, Indian-American physicist
In business and management
Mahendra Mohan Gupta, owner of the Dainik Jagran group of Hindi newspapers
N. C. Sen Gupta, eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Raj Gupta, CEO and president of Rohm and Haas
Rajat Gupta, United Nations special advisor on management reforms, former director of Goldman Sachs and former head of McKinsey Consulting
Rajiv Gupta, general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project
S. K. Gupta, vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation
Vinod Gupta, chairman and CEO of infoUSA
Subodh Gupta, chairman and CEO of HemtroN Lightings,www.rouniyar.com,Rouniyar Sewa Sansthan Delhi
In entertainment
Aditi Gupta, Indian television actress
Anil Gupta, British writer and producer (radio and television)
Buddhadev Das Gupta, Indian classical sarod musician and teacher
Neena Gupta, Indian film and television actress
Rajendra Gupta, actor in cinema for good character roles.
Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian film director and script writer
Puja Gupta, winner of Miss India Universe in 2007
Tanika Gupta, British playwright of Indian origin
Sanjay Gupta (director), Bollywood director
Yana Gupta, Indian model-actress of Czech-origin
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, American teleneurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent
Eesha Gupta, Film Actress
In journalism
Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of Indian Express
Rajat Gupta, Editor Dainik Jagran
In literature
Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian Hindi poet
Baldev Raj Gupta, Indian writer
Ishwar Chandra Gupta, Indian Bengali poet and writer
Jagadish Gupta, Bengali poet and writer
Mahendranath Gupta, Indian spiritual writer and disciple of
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
In politics
Banarsi Das Gupta, former chief minister of Haryana
Indrajit Gupta, Indian Communist leader, Union Minister for Home Affairs during 1996-98
Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian politician; former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of Madhya Pradesh
Shyama Charan Gupta, Indian politician
Badal Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Dinesh Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian social worker and participant in the Indian Independence movement and Bhoodan movement
Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian revolutionary and author of autobiographical, historical and fictional books in Hindi, English and Bengali
Niranjan Sen Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Indian revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic
In sports
Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Indian badminton player
Pankaj Gupta, Indian sports administrators
Sandip Gupta, Kenyan cricketer
Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player