Karki (surname)
Karki (Devanagari:कार्की) is a Nepali/Kumaoni surname found among the Chhetri community of Nepal and the Kumaoni Rajput community of Uttarakhand.[3][2] Karki was a government title in the medieval Khasa Kingdom. The tax collecting officers in Dara/Garkha had the title of Karki.[1] The Karkis of Kumaon claim to have descended from the family of the Rana of Chittorgarh.[2] They are Rajputs of the Sun clan, and they came to Kumaon during the time of the Katyuri kings.[2]
| Language(s) | Nepali, Kumaoni |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Derivation | Kar (Tax) |
| Meaning | Tax Officer[1] |
| Region of origin | Nepal,[1] Uttarakhand[2] |
| Other names | |
| Derivative(s) | Karki Kshatri/Chhetri |
| See also | Thapa, Basnet, Khadka, Kunwar, Mahat, Bista |
Notable people
Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:
- Bipin Karki, Nepalese actor
- Dipak Karki, several Nepalese politicians
- Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepalese politician
- Hari Krishna Karki, Nepalese judge, Chief Justice of Nepal
- Lokman Singh Karki, Nepalese civil servant, former head of CIAA
- Mallika Karki, Nepalese singer
- Neelam Karki "Niharika", Nepalese poet
- Priyanka Karki, Nepalese actress
- Ram Karki, Nepalese politician
- Sushila Karki, Nepalese jurist and first female Chief Justice of Nepal (2016 – 2017)
- Sushma Karki, Nepalese actress
- Swarup Singh Karki, Kaji and later, Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal (c.1775 – c.1777)
References
- Adhikary, Surya Mani (1997). The Khasa Kingdom: A trans-Himalayan empire of the middle age. Nirala Publications. p. 210. ISBN 8185693501.
- Pandey, Badri Datt (1993). History of Kumaun: English Version of "Kumaun Ka Itihas". Shyam Prakashan. ISBN 9788185865010.
- Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Gharti, Karki, Khadka, Khatri, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Roka, Thapa, etc.
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