Basak (surname)

Basak or Bosak (Bengali: বসাক) is a Bengali Hindu surname that is found among the Bengalis of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Tripura as well as in Bangladesh. The surname is mainly used by the higher class Tantis of Bengal.^[1] In West Bengal and Assam, this surname is written as Basak while in some districts of Bihar as Basak or Bosak. The name is also spelt Bysack or Basacks by different families.

Basak

Origin
Word/name	Bengali Hindu
Region of origin	Bengal

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 58.5% of all known Basaks were residents of India and 30.1% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the name was higher than national average in:^[2]

• West Bengal (1: 717)
• Tripura (1: 1,334)

Notable individuals

• Subimal Basak
• Gour Das Bysack
• Netai Chand Bysack
• Arun Kumar Basak
• Jharna Basak
• Soumen Basak
• Birendra Basak
• Biren Kumar Basak
• Nani Bashak
• Shyamal Bashak
• Krishnalal Bysack
• Vijaykumar Vyshak