Sarkar (surname)

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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. [1] [2] [3] 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.

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The Persian connotation of the word refers to 'chieftain', 'lord', or 'superintendent'. [1] In modern Bangla and Hindi, however, Sarkar refers to government/governance. [4]

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 79.0% of all known bearers of the surname Sarkar were residents of West Bengal, India and 19.8% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories: [5]

  1. Tripura (1:29)
  2. West Bengal (1:55)
  3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1:99)
  4. Assam (1:207)


Notable families

Notable people

Notable people with the family name of Sarkar include:

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. ISBN   0-19-977169-3.
  2. ↑ Melville, Charles (25 February 2021). Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires: The Idea of Iran Vol. 10. ISBN   978-0-7556-3379-1.
  3. ↑ Lorea, Carola (August 2016). Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman: A Journey between Performance and the Politics of Cultural Representation. ISBN   978-90-04-32471-8.
  4. ↑ "সরকার". English & Bengali Online Dictionary & Grammar. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sarkar Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". Forebears. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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