Newars are one of the major castes of Nepal. They are the indigenous people of the Kathmandu valley the and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic civilization. The most common Newari surnames could be Shrestha, Manandhar, Shakya etc but you might be surprised to know there are more than 115 surnames in this caste. Let’s have a look.
Achary
Amatya
Awal
Awale
Bajracharya
Balami
Bammala
Banepali
Bania
Bareju
Basukala
Bha
Bhadra
Bijukchhe
Byanjankar
Locals at Thimi Bhatkapur watching ‘Newar festival Bisket Jatra’ (Pic elpais.com)
Chamkhalak
Chitrakar
Chyame
Dali
Darshandhari
Dangol
Debaju
Deola
Desar
Dhaugoda
Dhakkhwa
Dhaubadel
Dhunju
Duwal
Newari Festivals (Pic elpais.com)
Gubhaju
Hada
Halahulu
Halawi
Hoju
Joshi
Jyoti
Kachhapati
Kapali
Karmacharya
Kansakar
Karanjit
Kasaju
Kayastha
Khadgi
Khoju
Kumah
Kumhal
Khusa
Kulu
Kusle
Lacoul
Lakhey
Madhikarmi
Maharjan
Maka
Makaju
Malakar
Mali
Malla
Manandhar
Maskey
Mulepati
Mulmi
Nagarkoti
Nakarmi
Napit
Nayaju
Nyachhyon
Nepali
Pahari
Palikhe
Piya
Pode
Pradhan
Pradhananaga
Prajapati
Pujari
Pulu
Putuwar
Pyaju
Rajavaidya
Rajbhandari
Rajbahak
Rajkarnikar
Rajthala
Rajkool
Rajalwat
Rajobathyaya
Ranjit
Ranjitkar
Raya
Sahukhala
Sainju
Sangat
Sayaju
Sayami
Shakya
Shahi
Sharma
Shilakar
Shilpakar
Shikrakar
Shrestha
Shukla
Sibacharya
Sindhurakar
Singh
Sinkeman
Subedi
Suwal
Sthapit
Taujalya
Tamrakar
Tandukar
Thaiba
Tepe
Tuladhar
Vaidya
Yogel
Anything missing? Add below on comment box. Subhaya 🙂
Byanju
Khoteja
Munakarmi
Kasula
Makaju
Gopali, shresta, khokali
Bajiko caste is falls in newar caste list or not.
Odhanthachhe
Jyapu
Raj bhadel
Raj bhadel
gochhe
ACHAJU,IWALI
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always thought that Subedi(s) belong to shudderingly stinking “Baahun” community. Are they not?
*Just Wondering*
himalaya cast is leave here himalaya is also newari cast
Munankarmi…. U missed that.