Neupane
Appearance
Language(s) | Nepali |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Nepal |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Brahmin |
Derivative(s) | Neupane Chettri |
See also | Sapkota, Acharya, Ghimire, Subedi, Dikshit |
Neupane (Nepali: नेउपाने) or Nyaupane (Nepali: न्यौपाने)or Hindi (हिन्दी- न्यूपाने) a surname found mainly in Nepal and significant community in India and Bhutan. It belongs predominantly to Brahmin (Bahun) and Kshatriya (Chhetri) of Nepal and Indian territory of Sikkim, Darjeeling, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam , Meghalaya and some are up to Bhutan and Myanmar. They belong to Kanyakubja Brahmin family of Pancha-Gauda Brahmans following Kaudilya/Kaudinya gotra, names after Sage Kaudilya. [1]
Notable people with the surname Neupane/Nyaupane/Nepane
- Amar Neupane, Nepali writer
- Kedar Neupane, Nepali politician
- Kedar Nath Neupane (1927 - 1971), Nepali educator and author
- Mukunda Neupane, Nepali trade unionist and politician
- Prakash Neupane, Nepali singer
- Yogmaya Neupane (1860 – 1941), Nepali religious leader, women's rights activist and poet