Kher (surname)

Kher or Khar is a Kashmiri Pandit and Karhade Brahmin clan or surname,^[1][2] native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra, India.

Usage

Kher/Khar as a last name is used by Kashmiri Brahmins and Karhade Brahmins.^[3][2]

Multiple Kashmiri surnames have been attached to a Kashmiri person because of the appearance of any of their ancestors in past with any animal or a bird, which later became the family's surname.^[3][4][5]

Notable people

• B. G. Kher (1888–1957) - Politician
• Govind Ballal Kher (1710–1760) - Military of Peshwas in Bundelkhand