Devkota
{{Infobox surname
| name = Devkota
देवकोटा
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| language = Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni
| languageorigin = Khas language
| origin = Khasa kingdom
| derivation = Devkot
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| derivative = Jaisi Devkota, Devkota Khatri
| seealso = Dhakal, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi, Dhungana, Sapkota
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Devkota ({{langx|ne|देवकोटा}}) is a surname used by Khas Bahun communities of Nepal.{{Cite web |url=http://myagdikali.com/64630.html |title=तपाईंको थर कसरी रहन गयो, थाहा छ ? छैन भने यो पढ्नुहोस् | Benionline.com.np |access-date=2016-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011060722/http://myagdikali.com/64630.html |archive-date=2016-10-11 |url-status=dead }}{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Notable people with the surname include:
- Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959), Nepali writer
- Bachaspati Devkota, Nepalese communist leader
- Rajeshwor Devkota, Nepalese political leader
- Rishi Devkota, Nepalese communist leader
- Upendra Devkota, Nepalese neurosurgeon
- Dinesh Chandra Devkota, Nepalese Engineer and former Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission
- Madhav Prasad Devkota, Nepalese writer
- Khim Lal Devkota, Nepalese politician UCPN (Maoist) Central Committee Member Khim Lal Devkota ...
- Krishna Jwala Devkota, Nepalese journalist
- Manita Devkota, Miss Universe Nepal 2018 and Top 10 Miss Universe 2018
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Category:Ethnic groups in Nepal
Category:Nepali-language surnames