Sarkar (surname)

Sarkar or (Sorkar) is a surname among the people of the Indian subcontinent. It was an honorific title given to landlords/zamindars of East India, irrespective of their religious affiliation, under the Mughal Empire and even in Sher Shah's reign, as part of the erstwhile Persian nobility. At present there are Sarkar families in different parts of West Bengal, India as well as in Bangladesh. The surname is mainly used by Bengalis.

The Persian connotation of the word refers to 'chieftain', 'lord', or 'superintendent'. In modern Bangla and Hindi, however, Sarkar refers to government/governance.

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