Nepali Surnames Starting with C

A community from the Chainpur region

Flint striker

One associated with the number forty or a meeti...

A Rai clan from the Khotang region

Of the lunar dynasty, from 'chandra' meaning moon

Derived from a village name in the hill region

Variant of Chaulagain, a hill lineage name

From the Chaulagain Chhetri lineage

A Limbu clan name meaning writer or historian

Derived from the Chepang ethnic group, forest-d...

Bonded laborer descendant

A sub-group of Magar from the Myagdi region

Warrior caste, from Sanskrit 'kshatriya' meanin...

Long life, from Tibetan 'tshe-ring'

Bird catcher community from the Terai

A Tharu sub-clan from Chitwan

Artist or painter, from 'chitra' meaning pictur...

Great rock

Treasure of the courtyard

A Brahmin sub-clan from the hill region

A Newar Dalit community surname