Kunwar () is a surname of Nepalese and Indian people. The name Kunwar is coined to denote a young prince in South Asia region. It is also spelt as Rajkonwar for Ahom Royal Princes in Assam) Kunwar family was a dynasty of Nepalese Khas-Chhetri nobility of Gorkha Kingdom bearing the surname.
Notable people with surname Kunwar in Nepal
- Ram Krishna Kunwar, Nepalese warlord during rule of King Prithvi Narayan Shah
- Ranajit Kunwar, Nepalese military commander and governor
- Chandrabir Kunwar, Nepalese governor and military commander
- Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh, 3rd Maharaja of Sikh Empire
- Bal Narsingh Kunwar, Nepalese military officer and courtier
- Balbhadra Kunwar; Nepalese military commander
- Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana; Eighth Prime Minister of Nepal and Founder of 104 years old Rana dynasty in Nepal
- Bam Bahadur Kunwar, Ninth Prime Minister of Nepal
- Ranodip Singh Kunwar; Tenth Prime Minister of Nepal. Fifth Brother of Jung Bahadur
- Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana, Commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Army, youngest brother of Jung Bahadur
- Ramjee Kunwar, Nepalese politician
- Ashutosh kunwar, Nepalese
- Kabita Kunwar, Nepalese cricketer
- Baburam Kunwar, First governor of Gandaki Province
- Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, 30th Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Nepal Police
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