The surname is mostly found among the Bengali Kayastha and Baidya communities of India and Bangladesh.
The capital of this dynasty was Bikrampur in present-day Munshiganj district of Bangladesh.
This Hindu Vaishnava dynasty is different from an earlier Buddhist Deva dynasty (c. 8th–9th century) of Samatata, whose capital was Devaparvata in Present-day Comilla district of Bangladesh.
Four rulers of this dynasty are known from the inscriptions: Shantideva, Viradeva, Anandadeva and Bhavadeva.
In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:[3]