Karki Surname
Approximately 371,641 people bear this surname
Karki Surname User-submission:
The Karki surname belongs to Chhetri an Indo-Aryan society. Karki is derivative of kar, meaning 'tax'. Karki was a governmental title of tax officers in Khasa Kingdom. This surname also belongs to Kshatriya communities and wears sacred thread (Janai).
Read More About This SurnameKarki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 336,903 | 1:85 | 11 |
| India | 23,079 | 1:33,237 | 2,423 |
| Qatar | 2,019 | 1:1,168 | 83 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,772 | 1:5,171 | 645 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,153 | 1:26,761 | 3,711 |
| United States | 1,106 | 1:327,721 | 29,754 |
| Bhutan | 771 | 1:799 | 100 |
| Macau | 644 | 1:934 | 150 |
| Malaysia | 534 | 1:55,233 | 4,243 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Turkey | 388 | 1:200,571 | 14,739 |
| England | 318 | 1:175,214 | 15,952 |
| Kuwait | 318 | 1:11,952 | 1,632 |
| Iran | 270 | 1:284,380 | 20,535 |
| Australia | 266 | 1:101,488 | 11,453 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Thailand | 136 | 1:519,400 | 90,176 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| Algeria | 70 | 1:551,879 | 38,284 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Japan | 63 | 1:2,029,274 | 28,003 |
| Finland | 52 | 1:105,706 | 10,637 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Denmark | 35 | 1:161,278 | 13,908 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Iceland | 21 | 1:18,100 | 1,499 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| South Korea | 11 | 1:4,658,205 | 839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
The alternate forms: Kärki (2,572) & Kärkî (1) are calculated separately.
Karki (1,031) may also be a first name.
Karki Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Karki surname belongs to Chhetri an Indo-Aryan society. Karki is derivative of kar, meaning 'tax'. Karki was a governmental title of tax officers in Khasa Kingdom. This surname also belongs to Kshatriya communities and wears sacred thread (Janai). Few Karkis in Uttarakhand, India, are also categorized under Khas Rajputs as social inclusion into Hindu Rajput community. Karkis are involved largely in civil and military services.
- santoshthapaThe name Karki means revenue officer derived from the word "Kar" meaning tax in Nepali. Karkis have always been an integral part of the Nepalese Army and have contributed significantly in the field of law, banking and finance and other government services.
- sudarshankarkiKarki Demographics
Average Male Karki Height
169.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Karki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karki (Arabic: كركي, Bengali: কর্কি, Hindi: कार्की, Marathi: कारकी, Oriya: କାକିର୍, Russian: Карки, Tibetan: ཀར་ཀི།) is more commonly found in Nepal than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kärki or Kärkî. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karki? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karki is the 1,447th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 19,609 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Karki are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 249,846th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,031 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nepal, where it is held by 336,903 people, or 1 in 85. In Nepal Karki is primarily found in: Bagmati, where 18 percent reside, Koshi, where 18 percent reside and Janakpur, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nepal it occurs in 94 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Karki Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Karki surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the party.
The amount Karki earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.99% less than the national average, earning $42,290 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.22% more than the national average, earning $56,249 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karki Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karki in the Bengali language | ||
| কর্কি | karki | - |
| Karki in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀར་ཀི། | karki | 92.52 |
| དཀར་སྐྱིད། | karkyi | 5.92 |
| ཀར་ཀི་ | karki | 0.31 |
| དཀར་སྐྱིད་ | karkyi | 0.31 |
| ཀར་སྐྱིད། | karkyi | 0.31 |
| ཀར་ཀུ། | karku | 0.31 |
| སིང་ | sing | 0.31 |
| Karki in the Hindi language | ||
| कार्की | karki | 92.2 |
| कारकी | karaki | 3.35 |
| सिंह | sinha | 2.93 |
| कर्की | karki | 0.54 |
| करकी | karaki | 0.34 |
| कार्कि | karki | 0.34 |
| क्रांकी | kranki | 0.04 |
| Karki in the Oriya language | ||
| କାକିର୍ | kakir | 45.71 |
| କାକୀ | kaki | 20 |
| କାକର୍ୀ | kakari | 14.29 |
| କାରକି | karaki | 11.43 |
| କାରକୀ | karaki | 2.86 |
| କକର୍ୀ | kakari | 2.86 |
| କାରକା | karaka | 2.86 |
| Karki in the Marathi language | ||
| कारकी | karaki | 39.14 |
| काक | kaka | 30.69 |
| करकी | karaki | 17.85 |
| कक | kaka | 11.48 |
| काकी | kaki | 0.63 |
| कारिक | karika | 0.21 |
| Karki in the Russian language | ||
| Карки | karki | - |
| Karki in the Arabic language | ||
| كركي | krky | - |
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