Koirala
कोइराला

BP Koirala
Language(s)	Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni
Origin
Language(s)	Khas
Word/name	Khasa kingdom
Meaning	toponym of Koirali village
Other names
Derivative(s)	Koirala Khatri, (K.C.)
See also	Poudel, Pokharel, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi,

Koirala (Nepali: कोइराला) is a common surname among upadhayay Brahmin and chettri Nepal and some parts of northeast India. All Koiralas share the same gotra, Moudgalya.

Notable people with surname Koirala

• Koirala family, a dominating family in Nepalese politics
• Anuradha Koirala (born 1949), Nepalese social activist, founder and director of Maiti Nepal
• Bhagawan Koirala (born 1960), Executive Director & Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (B.P. Koirala) (1914–1982), Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960
• Bharat Koirala, winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism
• Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010), five times Prime Minister of Nepal in the 1990s and 2000s, Head of State from 2007 to 2008
• Krishna Prasad Koirala (died 1943), political leader of Nepal
• Manisha Koirala (born 1970), Indian Bollywood actress
• Matrika Prasad Koirala (1912–1997), Prime Minister of Nepal from 1951 to 1952 and from 1953 to 1955
• Prakash Koirala, Nepalese politician
• Raj Ballav Koirala (born 1982), Nepalese actor
• Shashanka Koirala (born 1958), Nepalese politician
• Siddharth Koirala, Nepalese film actor
• Sujata Koirala (born 1954), Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
• Sujata Koirala, Nepalese actress
• Sushil Koirala (1939–2016), Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
• Tarini Prasad Koirala (1923–1973), Nepalese politician, journalist and writer