What is "sapkota"

Sapkota is a surname of people belonging to the Brahmin caste from Nepal . Some notable people with the Sapkota surname are:

• Agni Sapkota (born 1960), Nepalese politician spokesperson of Unified CPN (Maoist)
• Bidur Prasad Sapkota, Nepalese politician belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist−Leninist)
• Dilip Sapkota, Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress