Kar (Marathi: कर Kar, Konkani: कार Kār) is a suffix used after the names of villages along the western coast of India, forming the most common surnames used by the Marathi and Konkani people in Maharashtra, Goa and some parts of Karnataka.
Kar is the surname of mostly the Brahmins of Kashmir and Maharashtra. Kar Brahmins hail from Karhama village in Kashmir, India.[citation needed] In Bengal region, Kar is a common Bengali surname used by people of the Bengali Kayastha caste.