Karki (surname)

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

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)