Karki (surname)

Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Nepali/Kumaoni surname found among the Chhetri community of Nepal and the Kumaoni Rajput community of Uttarakhand.

Types of Karki

In Nepal

Karki was a government title in the medieval Khasa Kingdom. The tax collecting officers in Dara/Garkha had the title of Karki. The sub-clans of Karki in Nepal are:

• Lama Karki: They belong to the Parashara gotra and are believed to be from Lamathada in the Sinja Valley of the Khasa Kingdom.
• Mudula Karki
• Sutar Karki
• Khulal Karki

In Uttarakhand

Karki is a clan of Rajputs based in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. The Karkis of Kali Kumaon were chiefly Faujdars/Kiladars in the Kumaon Kingdom.

Notable people

Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:

• Bipin Karki, Nepali actor
• Dipak Karki, several Nepali politicians
• Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepali politician
• Hari Krishna Karki, Nepali judge and former Chief Justice of Nepal
• Hikmat Kumar Karki, Nepali politician and former Chief Minister of Koshi Province
• Kedar Karki, Nepali politician and Chief Minister of Koshi Province
• Lokman Singh Karki, Nepali civil servant and former head of CIAA
• Mallika Karki, Nepali singer
• Neelam Karki "Niharika", Nepali poet
• Priyanka Karki, Nepali actress
• Ram Karki, Nepali politician
• Sushila Karki, Nepali jurist and first female Chief Justice of Nepal (2016 – 2017)
• Sushma Karki, Nepali actress
• Swarup Singh Karki, Kaji and later, Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal (c.1775 – c.1777)

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