Phukan
Surname list
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Phukan or Phukån refers to a title used for certain officials or notable figures in Ahom Kingdom which is currently used as the surname by the descendants.[1]
Etymology
It's a combination of two words of Tai-Ahom language.
Variants of Phukan
Various types of Phukan indicate their role, place, or association are:
- Phukån Khāri (Phukān of gun powders)
- Phukån Khuāng (Phukān of Khuāng, dibrugarh)
- Phukån Khe (Phukān having the charge of fishing net)
- Phukân Tunrungdām – Phukān appointed in present day Kaliabar)
- Phukån Phākut (Phukān of the fern)
- Phukån Phushānngin (Phukān who handles judicial matters).
- Phukån Bāo (Phukān of the youth)
- Phukån Bāilung (Phukān of the Bailung clan)
- Phukån Māmu (Phukān of the nut)
- Phukån Moshāi (Phukān of the Moshāi clan)
- Phukån Mau (The new Phukān)
- Phukån Yāmshu (Phukān of the coat)
- Phukån Ru (Phukān of the boat)
- Phukån Rāidāng (Phukān of Rāidāng)
- Phukån Lung – (Phukān of the greatness) [2]
Notable people
- Anandaram Dhekial Phukan (1829–1859), one of the pioneers of Assamese literature in the Arunodoi era
- Anup Phukan, Indian politician
- Babul Phukan (1968–2013), former Indian footballer from Assam
- Bhrigu Phukan, leader of Asom Gana Parishad and a cabinet minister in Government of Assam
- Biju Phukan (1947–2017), senior Assamese cine-actor of great fame
- Biswajit Phukan, politician
- Chiring Phukan, an official of the state of Ahom in medieval Assam
- Dhrubajyoti Phukan, film score composer
- Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan (1903–1974), artist, poet, journalist and craftsman of Assam
- Mitra Phukan, Indian author who writes in English
- Nilmani Phookan Jr, Assamese poet
- Nilmoni Phukan Sr (1880–1978), Assamese poet and freedom fighter
- Pranati Phukan (born 1963), former minister, deputy speaker and member of Assam Legislative Assembly
- Prasanta Phukan (born 1954), Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam
- Sailendu Nath Phukan (1937–2018), Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Siddhartha Phukan, SULFA leader
- Suresh Phukan, singer, lyricist, music composer, writer, poet, actor, director, social activist and professor
- Tarun Ram Phukan (1877–1939), orator, writer and Assamese politician
See also
- Piyoli Phukan, black & white Assamese language film released in 1955
