Chapter · Clans
One people, many houses.
Every Yakthung carries a thar, a clan line that fixes your place in the web of kinship, tells you whom you may marry, and remembers where your people came from. Hundreds are on record. Find yours.
Say your thar out loud. Somewhere in the hills, a village answers.
01
The thar system
Your name is a map.
The Limbu nation is made of hundreds of clans, thars, patrilineal lines passed from father to child, with family histories kept in genealogy books called Bangsawoli. The thar's oldest job is marriage: a Limbu does not marry within their own clan, nor into the mother's or grandmothers' lines, by some accounts for three generations, by the strictest reckoning seven on the father's side and five on the mother's.
Some names are words you can still read: Libang, the archer. Tilling, the police. Menyangbo, the successful one. Samba, the priest. And where two thars share a name, the region rides with it, Sireng-Chongbang, Tilling-Maden, because in Limbuwan, who you are and where you are from were never separate facts.
One more thing, about the most famous name of all: Subba is not a thar. It was the title the Shah kings gave to Limbu village chiefs, and over the centuries the title and the people fused. Today, in Sikkim, Limboo, Subba, Tsong, Yakthungba and Limbu all officially name the same community.
218
thars and subthars counted under 16 major thars (Angbohang, 1978)
553
recorded clan names gathered in the directory below
11
historic regional groupings, from Chaobisia to Yangrok, whose names still ride with the thars
02
The directory
Find your thar.
Every name below comes from the public record, Wikipedia’s list of Limbu clans and tribes, the Limbu people and Limbuwan articles, and the Government of Sikkim’s Tribal Research Institute. The record is imperfect: spellings drift, many entries are thin, and countless stories are missing. Where the record says more, the card says more.
Major thars of the 1978 Angbohang survey, tap to find
Ajibungia
Ambung
Anchangbo
also Anchangbong · Anchhangbo
Khejenim, Tamorkhola/Tehrathum (per Nepali Wikipedia's thar list). A second entry in the list gives the spellings Anchangbong/Anchhangbo. Nepali Wikipedia's thar list (as अन्छङबो) associates it with Khejenim, Tamorkhola/Tehrathum.
Angbang
Angbo
Thoktokso Angbo Hang, King of Athraya, was one of the ten kings of Limbuwan (Limbuwan article); no descent link is explicitly stated. Notable: Indra Bahadur Angbo, MP and former Koshi province minister (Limbu people article).
Angbuhang
Hangpang, Change (Taplejung area), per Nepali Wikipedia's thar list. In the English Wikipedia clans list; Nepali Wikipedia's thar and settlement list has 'आङ्बुहाङ = हाङपाङ, चाँगे'.
Angbung
Angdembe
also Angdembey · Angdemba
Listed with tribe qualifiers: Angdemba-Papo, Angdemba-Phendua, Angdemba-Nembang. Notable bearers on Wikipedia: writer/director Upendra Subba (born Upendra Bahadur Angdembe Limbu, per his article), politician Bhishma Raj Angdembe, and scholar Tej Man Angdembe.
Angla
Listed as Angla-Tokleng.
Anglabang
Also listed as Anglabang-Khewa and Khewa-Anglabang.
Angthupo
Arumhang
Awajungo
also Akwajungo · Awajung
Banta
Baphu
Baragahri
Listed as Baragahri-Sangwa and Baragahri-Khajum.
Begha
One listing carries the qualifier Panchthar.
Bengtak
Bhotangwa
Bokhim
Listed with qualifiers: Bokhim-Yyorong, Bokhim-Maa, Bokhim-Lokshom, Bokhim-Khangba. The Government of Sikkim TRI lists Bokhim as a principal thar with 5 subthars (Angbohang 1978, trisikkim.org).
Burra
Burumba
Chambang Kyak
Listed as 'Chambang kyak'; the article separately lists Chongbang-Kyak. Possibly a variant spelling of Chongbang-Kyak, but the source does not say so.
Changshu
Charkhele
Chebegu
also Chabeghu
Also listed separately as Chabeghu.
Chelifung
Chemjong
The Chemjong article ties the name to the Lasahang dynasty (King Chemjong Hang, its fifth king, 7th century AD)
Name traced to Chempojong palace in Ilam; most common in Limbuwan (East Nepal) and Sikkim, also Darjeeling and Northeast India (Chemjong article). Listed under the Panthar grouping in the clans list. The only Limbu clan with a full English Wikipedia article: named after King Chemjong Hang, born at Chempojong palace in Ilam, who extended rule across present day Panchthar, Ilam, Dhankuta, Sunsari, Morang and Jhapa. The clans list carries qualifiers Mabo-hang, Panthar, Lad-ho, Chikcho. Soiyak LadhoHang Chemjong, King of Bodhey (Choubise), was one of the ten kings of Limbuwan (Limbuwan article). Notable bearers (Chemjong and Limbu people articles): Iman Singh (Xin) Chemjong (1904 to 1975), first Kirat historian; Kiran Chemjong, Nepal national team goalkeeper. Caution: the Chemjong infobox lists 'mabohang' as a variant form with no explanation, possibly an editing error.
Chengsui
Chenwaphu
Chermali
Chethare
Chikcho
Listed as Chikcho-Kajum; also a qualifier of Chemjong.
Chilikchan
Chilikehomba
Chintung
Chiyeppa
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Chongbang
Named in the article as an example of a nonunique clan name distinguished by tribe: listed variants Chongbang-Kyak, -Huukpa, -Khajum, -Khewa, -Nalbo, -Phago, -Samba, -Sireng, -Tilling, -Tukyuma, -Tunglung; also Serangchongbang and Thalang (chongbang & maden). (Presence verified by direct fetch.)
Chungsu
Listed as Chungsu-Ejam.
Dewan
Listed as a Limbu clan; note that Dewan is also the Shah era headman title of the Yakkha people (Kirati peoples article).
Durombo
Ehpheng
Eidhingo
Ejam
Listed as Ejam-Fenjetangling; Ejam also appears as a qualifier of other clans (Hangemba-Ejam, Keyo-Ejam, Kongliba-Ejam, Mayuthak-Ejam, Chungsu-Ejam).
Ekten
Emsong
also Emehang
Espo
Eveng
also Aveng
Fatra
also Phatra
Listed under both F (Fatra) and P (phatra).
Fedap
also Phedap
Listed under both F and P. Phedap is also the name of a region (north central Terhathum) and of one of the ten Limbuwan kingdoms (Shengsengum Phedap Hang).
Fenduwa
Fyaag
Gnoyongba
Hamphia
Hangbang
Hangemba
Mawakhola (Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha) and Yangrok groupings among others. Listed with qualifiers: Ejam, Yangrok, Yungwa, Mawakhole, an example of one clan spanning several regions.
Hanggam
also Hangam
Listed with qualifiers: Mawakhole, Nalbo, Sering (entry 'Hanggam - Sering' verified by direct fetch).
Hangserung
Hangun
Hanserumba
Hellok
Hembya
Per the article, the name evolved from 'Hey' nangh wa' ('over there also'); originally pronounced 'Hem-phe'; previously used to identify Thebe's next clan which settled in a different territory. (Verified by direct fetch.)
Hinah
Hingo
Hukpahang
Listed by the Government of Sikkim TRI as a principal thar with 17 subthars (Angbohang 1978). Not found under this exact spelling in English Wikipedia's clans list, which does carry 'Huukpa'/'Hukppa' as a tribe qualifier (e.g. Chongbang-Huukpa, Hukppa-Chongbang); the sources do not state whether these are the same.
Idingo
Listed with qualifiers: Tunglung, Tinkole, Athraya.
Ijam
In the clans list. The standalone Wikipedia title 'Ijam' is an unrelated article on Arabic diacritics.
Imehang
Imusong
Inemba
Ingnam
also Ingnamfe
The entry carries a Nepali annotation mentioning Iwa, Hwaku (Hangko) and Dhankuta. Bhagi Raj Ingnam appears in Wikipedia's Category:Limbu people.
Ingwa
Chethar and Tambarkhola (Taplejung) groupings. Listed as Ingwa-Chethar and Ingwa-Tambarkhole.
Ingwaba
Listed as Ingwaba-Nembang and Ingwaba-Papo.
Ingwarem
Iringba
Isbohang
Iwa
also Iwahang
Dhankuta (Nepali annotation in the list). Iwahang is also listed as a separate entry.
Iwaram
Jabegu
Listed as Jabegu-Thegim.
Jeyoh
Jimbukang
Kadi
Kambang
Listed as Kambang-Mabohang and Kambang-Sambahang.
Kanbonan
Kandangwa
In the clans list. Tejman Kandangwa appears on Wikipedia as an elected representative for Tehrathum 1, but no biography article confirms his ethnicity.
Kanthak
Karamba
Kattawa
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Kawepung
Kebok
Listed with qualifiers: Tilling, Yongyahang, Khewa.
Kedem
Given with Devanagari spelling in the list.
Keiba
Listed as Keiba-Kebang and Keiba-Lingden.
Kekluke
Kerabare
Kerumba
Kerung
One listing carries the qualifier Panchthar.
Kerungma
Keyo
Listed as Keyo-Ejam.
Keyung
Khajum
also Kajum
Listed with qualifiers: Parghari, Chongbang, Kurumbang (Kurumbhong/Kurumbhang), Wayang, Le:kwaa. The Kajum spelling appears in Chikcho-Kajum, Lekhwa-Kajum, Lewahang-Kajum, Wayahnag-Kajum.
Khamdak
Listed as 'Khamdak'; the variant spelling 'Khamdhak' was not found in the article.
Khangwa
Khapung
Notable: Parshuram Khapung, 3rd governor of Province No. 1 (List of Limbu people, verified); Bhawani Prasad Khapung, former Nepal health minister (Limbu people article).
Khawahang
Khebang
NOT in the clans list article (checked directly). Attested via the List of Limbu people: Buddhi Karna Raya Khebang Limbu, 'a king of Morang kingdom' (verified); the Limbuwan article also names Murray Hang Khebang, King of Phedap made hereditary chief minister of Morang, and Buddhi Karna Raya Khebang taking the throne of Bijaypur (Morang) in 1769 AD. The articles do not explicitly label Khebang a thar.
Khewa
Listed with qualifiers: Tumbah, Maden, Mangyak, Tigela, Anglabang, Chongbang; Khewa also qualifies many other clans. Taklung Khewa Hang, King of Chethar, was one of the ten kings of Limbuwan (Limbuwan article); no descent link is explicitly stated. The Government of Sikkim TRI lists Khewa as a principal thar with 22 subthars, the largest count (Angbohang 1978, trisikkim.org).
Khimding
Khoyohang
Listed by the Government of Sikkim TRI as a principal thar with 17 subthars (Angbohang 1978). Not found under this exact spelling in English Wikipedia's clans list, which carries the similar names Koyahang and Koyohang; the sources do not state whether these are the same thar.
Khudang
Appears as a stray entry after the O section of the list.
Kobok
Kochpongo
Kodang
Koggeknamba
Kogling
Kohyang
Koklung
Kondongwa
Kongliba
Listed as Kongliba-Ejam.
Kongwa
Listed as Kongwa-Singjango.
Koyahang
Listed alongside the separate entry Koyohang; see also the TRI's principal thar Khoyohang, sources do not state whether these are the same.
Koyohang
Listed alongside the separate entry Koyahang; see also the TRI's principal thar Khoyohang, sources do not state whether these are the same.
Kudanamba
Kugetnamba
Kulunglong
Kungari
Kurumbang
also Kurumbhong · Kurumbhang · Kurungbhong
Also appears in compound listings: Khajum-Kurumbang, Nu-Kurungbhong, Singh-Kurungbhong, Songyokpa-Kurumbang, Tum-Kurumbang.
Kyadapa
Labung
Lad-ho
Listed as Lad-ho-Chemjong; also appears as a qualifier of Chemjong. Compare Soiyak LadhoHang Chemjong, one of the ten kings of Limbuwan (Limbuwan article).
Lahbung
Lahoron
Laksam
also Laksaam
Followed in the list by a stray line 'Yangwarak Panchthar'.
Lakshamba
Laksom
Lambeba
Langbeba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Laoti
Listed as 'Laoti (papo)' (verified by direct fetch). Listed separately from Lawati; the article does not say whether they are the same.
Lawati
also Lawoti
Listed as 'Lawati' (verified by direct fetch); the spelling Lawoti is used by notable bearer Mahendra Lawoti, professor of political science at Western Michigan University, though his own article does not state his ethnicity.
Lechharbo
Lejenji
Lekhongwalong
Lekwa
also Lekhwa · Le:kwaa
Listed as Lekhwa-Kajum, Lekwa-Kamthak, Lekwa-Samba; Khajum-Le:kwaa also appears.
Lengwa
Lewahang
Listed as Lewahang-Kajum and Lewahang-Sambahang.
Lianmphe
Libang
The article states Libang means 'the Archer' (verified by direct fetch). Distinct from Libang, the Rolpa district town.
Limbukhim
Limkhim
Lingdam
Listed as Lingdam-Immechang.
Lingdem
Listed with qualifiers: Charkole, Tinkole, Panthare, an example of one clan spanning several regions. Listed separately from Lingden; the article does not say whether they are the same.
Lingden
Listed with qualifiers: Khewa, Sering, Yangroke; also in Subasang-Lingden, Nogo-Lingden, Keiba-Lingden. Notable (Limbu people article, verified): Rajendra Prasad Lingden, RPP chairman and former deputy PM (his own biography does not state his ethnicity; Limbu identity rests on the List of Limbu people); Phalgunanda Lingden (1885 to 1949), prophet of the Kirat Satyahang religion, declared a national luminary of Nepal.
Lingdom
Lingjemba
Lingka
Lingkhim
Listed with qualifiers: Subhasong, Maharesong (also as Maharesong-lingkhim, Subasong-Lingkhim); also 'Lumdhoyu-tambarkhola lingkhim'.
Lingthep
Lohringen
Lokpeba
Loksong
Loktam
Loktong
Loli
Loliba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Longwa
Longwago
Lua
Lugumba
Luhimba
Lumdhoyu
Tambarkhola. Listed as 'Lumdhoyu-tambarkhola lingkhim'.
Lungfungwa
also Lumphungwa
Both spellings listed as separate entries.
Lungkimba
also Lunkimba
Both spellings listed as separate entries.
Luwa
Maagaingba
also Magaingba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak).
Mabo
also Mahbo · Mabohang
Wikipedia's clans list has Mabo and Mahbo with qualifiers Chemjong, Tinkole, Yangrok, Mahbo-Mahbo (verified by direct fetch); Mabo-hang also qualifies Chemjong. Mabo Hang ruled Limbuwan 865 to 880 AD, succeeding his father Uba Hang (Limbuwan article, verified). The Government of Sikkim TRI lists 'Mabohang' as a principal thar with 20 subthars (Angbohang 1978, trisikkim.org); the sources do not explicitly state that Mabo/Mahbo and Mabohang are the same, though the Chemjong article's infobox uses 'mabohang' as a variant form.
Mabuhang
NOT in the clans list article (checked directly). Attested via the List of Limbu people: Balkrishna Mabuhang, associate professor and writer (verified). Distinct spelling from Mabohang; sources do not state their relation.
Mademba
Listed as Mademba-Huuppa and Mademba-Chathare.
Maden
Named in the article as an example of a nonunique clan name (verified by direct fetch): variants Maden-Bakkim, -Khewa, -Nalbo, -Sanba, -Tilling, -Tokleng, -Tukyuma, -Tunglung, -Phendua; also Lung Maden and Sing Maden (-Khewa, -Tilling). Notable: Bishnu Maden, RPP leader and former minister (List of Limbu people, verified). The standalone 'Maden' Wikipedia page is an unrelated disambiguation page.
Madenhang
Madongya
Magmu
Mahbe
Mahsuwa
Maken
Makkhim
also Makim
Both spellings listed as separate entries.
Maksingbung
Malahang
Mangap
Mangbo
Mangdemba
Mangden
Mangea
Manglak
Mangmu
Mangsrukha
Mangthumbo
Mangwayak
Mangyeh
Mangyunbgo
As printed in the article (possible typo in source).
Mangyung
Manjia
Mansingbung
Mapejong
Mardin
Marinda
Maringdom
Mauba
Mayang
Mayongba
Mayuthak
Listed as Mayuthak-Ejam.
Mebek
Meblak
Mebok
Mehokpa
Mekending
Menyangbo
The article states Menyangbo means 'the successful one' (verified by direct fetch), one of the few clan-name meanings given.
Mikluke
Mingemba
Miyongma
Modengba
Modengsomba
Modenyak
Moraba
Moringlahang
Moro
Moyongba
Muden
Mudenchain
Mudensong
Listed as Mudensong-Samba.
Musuhang
Naamyoba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Naidemba
Naika
Naklebu
Nalbo
Also appears as a qualifier of other clans (Chongbang-Nalbo, Hanggam-Nalbo, Maden-Nalbo, Tungbaphu-Nalbo).
Nalibe
Nalutem
Namdehang
Namlakpa
Nangen
Nayamba
Nayangba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Appears only in the Sanyakpa sub-list.
Nembang
also Nemwang
Listed with qualifiers: Phejong, Nanglakpa, Yangdemba, Yaksoba. Has an English Wikipedia surname page (verified) listing Subas Chandra Nembang (1953 to 2023, Speaker/Constituent Assembly chairman, spelled 'Nemwang' in the List of Limbu people), Til Bikram Nembang (poet Bairagi Kainla), Alok Nembang (film director), Suhang Nembang (MP), Pankaj Bikram Nembang and Dharmendra Bikram Nembang. The Government of Sikkim TRI lists Nembang as a principal thar with 14 subthars (Angbohang 1978, trisikkim.org).
Nembeke
Neongoa
Neonwa
Neshie
Neyong
also Neyonghang
Sanyakpa (Sanyak).
Ningleku
also Ninglekhu
Nogo
Chaobisia (Dhankuta, Morang) and Tambarkhola (Taplejung) groupings. Listed with qualifiers: Tambarkhola, Chaobisia, Lingden, Tinkole.
Nu
Listed as Nu-Kurungbhong.
Nugedemma
Nugo
Nundehang
Ogu
Okhebu
Okhrabu
Ongba
Onim
Pabemba
Padupling
Pahango
Pahim
Pahtangna
Painger
Pak
Listed as Pak-Sangwa, Pak-Serma, Pak-Pheyak; compare single word entries Paksangwa and Pakserma.
Pakpasomba
Paksangwa
Pakseng
Pakserma
Palahajum
Palange
Palghe
Palungwa
Pambokpa
Pangba Phago
Pangboma
Pangdhak
The article states this clan spread out from Labri, Khesera, Bokhim, Tamrang and Saplakhu villages (verified by direct fetch).
Pangenhang
Pangma
also Pangmali
Pangyanggu
Pankemyang
Panphoma
Papalang
Papo
Also a qualifier of many clans (Angdemba-Papo, Ingwaba-Papo, Tum-Papo, Tumbapo-papo, Tumbrok-Papo, Laoti (papo)). Yengaso Papo Hang, King of Panthar, was one of the ten kings of Limbuwan (Limbuwan article); no descent link is explicitly stated. The standalone 'Papo' Wikipedia article is about an unrelated Caribbean given name.
Papsong
Parangden
Parangen
Parghari
Also appears as a qualifier: Khajum-Parghari.
Pataha
Patangwa
Listed twice in the article.
Patare
Pegwa
Pehim
Pekim
Pemba
Pembasong
Penchangwa
Penjelam
Penjetamlingba
Pettehba
Phago
Appears in the clans list, mainly as a qualifier (Wanem-Phago, Chongbang-Phago, Songyokpa-Phago, Tumbrok-Phago, Pangba Phago). The Government of Sikkim TRI lists Phago as a principal thar with 20 subthars (Angbohang 1978, trisikkim.org). The standalone 'Phago' Wikipedia article is about an African fish genus, not the clan.
Phaklecha
Phakole
Phalechuwa
Listed twice in the article.
Phamphe
Pheguba
Phegwaden
Phejonba
Phejong
Also appears as a qualifier: Nembang-Phejong.
Phembu
Phemsong
Phewaden
Phiyak
Phombo
Phonjela
Phonpho
Phonthak
Phonyang
Phopra
Photre
Phudunghang
Phuglala
Phungenahang
Pichchowa
Pitrongba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Pobemba
Podalung
Listed as Podalung-Tilling and Podalung-Tinkhole.
Poinyanggu
Pomu
Pongjange
Potangna
Listed as Potangna-Tumbangphe.
Potangwa
Listed as Potangwa-Sambahang.
Pothangehere
Potro
Punglai-ing
Punjemba
Puradin
Purumbo
Purungbo
Sabenhimba
Sademba
Also listed as Sademba-siwara.
Sakwademba
Sakwaden
Listed with qualifiers: Ponglai, Tegim, Tumbangphe.
Samba
The article states Samba means 'the priest' (verified by direct fetch); appears as a tribe qualifier (Chongbang-Samba, Lekwa-Samba, Mudensong-Samba). Samlupi Samba Hang, King of Tambar, was one of the ten kings of Limbuwan (Limbuwan article); no descent link is explicitly stated.
Sambahamphe
also Sambahangphe
Both spellings listed. Per the Limbuwan article (verified), the descendants of Yen Hang Mukpa Raya, King of Phedap, continue as the Sambahangphe Limbus.
Sambahang
Appears in the clans list as a qualifier of other entries (Kambang-Sambahang, Lewahang-Sambahang, Potangwa-Sambahang, Sedemba-Sambahang).
Sambiu
also Sembo · Simbu
Listed as 'sambiu (Sembo or Simbu)'. Compare Nepali Wikipedia's सेम्बू (Sembu) entry; the sources do not state whether they are the same.
Samdangwa
Sameakamba
Samra
Samsohang
Samsomba
Samsong
Sanba
Listed as sanba-tangdapa, Sanba-mudenchang, Sanba-maden, Sanba-lunghimba, sanba-fayang; also a qualifier in Maden-Sanba.
Sangba
Sangi
Sangpanggye
Sangsangbo
Sangsangu
Sangwa
Also appears as a qualifier (Baragahri-Sangwa, Pak-Sangwa, Tum-Sangwa).
Sanjung
Sansoyang
Sanyakpa
Sanyak grouping
Listed with member clans: Tumsa, Tumba, Thaksuba, Nayangba, Yungsingba, Langbeba, Naamyoba, Chiyeppa, Kattawa, Loliba, Thalangwa, Pitrongba, Magaingba (verified by direct fetch).
Sapla
Sapta
Sardaphe
Saring
Sauden
Sawa
Listed by the Government of Sikkim TRI as a principal thar with 19 subthars (Angbohang 1978). NOT found in English Wikipedia's clans list (checked directly); the standalone 'Sawa' Wikipedia page is an unrelated disambiguation page.
Sawaden
Sayorana
Sedemba
Listed as Sedemba-Mabho and Sedemba-Sambahang.
Seling
also Selling
Both spellings listed as separate entries.
Sembu
Phawakhola, Simbu, Hangpang, Ilam (per Nepali Wikipedia's thar list, as सेम्बू). From Nepali Wikipedia's thar and settlement list. Compare English Wikipedia's 'sambiu (Sembo or Simbu)' entry; the sources do not state whether they are the same.
Semhang
Sendang
Listed twice (sendang and Sendang).
Sene
Senehang
Listed twice (senehang and Senehang).
Sengsaugbo
Sengwangyang
Serangchongbang
Sere
Sering
also Sireng
Appears in the clans list as a tribe qualifier (Hanggam-Sering, Lingden-Sering; verified by direct fetch), and as Sireng in the article's example 'Sireng-Chongbang'. The spelling 'Sereng' was not found.
Serma
Also appears as a qualifier (Pak-Serma, Tum-Serma).
Settling
Sewa
Shreng
Listed by the Government of Sikkim TRI as a principal thar with 10 subthars (Angbohang 1978). NOT found under this spelling in English Wikipedia's clans list (checked directly), which carries the similar qualifier 'Sering'/'Sireng'; the sources do not state whether these are the same thar.
Sialungma
Siba
Sigu
Silimbo
Sinehang
Singak
Singdaba
Singgokhang
Singjango
Also appears as a qualifier: Kongwa-Singjango.
Singokua
Singthape
Singyemba
Skuwaba
Sobegu
Sodemba
Sodung
Sokiklumba
Song
Songbamphe
Songbo
Songmi
Songrungbang
Songyokpa
also Sonyok
Listed as Songyokpa-Chaubisia, -Phago, -Kurumbang (verified by direct fetch). Notable: Sukra Raj Sonyok (Songyokpa), Nepali Congress Chief Whip 2003 to 2005 (List of Limbu people, verified). The spelling 'Sonyok' does not itself appear in the clans list.
Suaba
Subasong
also Subasang · Subhasong
Listed as Subasang-Lingden, Subasong-Lingkhim, Subasong-Tambarkhole; also Lingkhim-subhasong.
Suguwa
Suhang
Sukarengba
Suknawab
Sungwapak
Tababung
also Tabebung
Listed as 'Tababung (Tabebung-sangamba, Tabebung-khechhingse)'.
Tabelung
Takmademba
Takwaden
Tamba
Tambedem
Tamdem
Tamling
also Samsingbo
Listed as 'Tamling (Samsingbo)'.
Tamorangba
Tangba
Tangbhopa
Tangdewa
Tanjamba
Tawa
Tegela
also Tigela
Khewa-Tigela also appears.
Tegoba
Tegothopra
Tellok
Tembe
Tembeh
Tengbung
Tengubumthupia
Tentak
Terathar
Teyung
Thaklang
Thaklung
Thaksuba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Thalang
Listed as 'Thalang (chongbang & maden)'.
Thalangba
also Thalangwa
Sanyakpa (Sanyak).
Thalung
Thamden
Thamsuhang
Thangamba
Thangden
Thebe
Listed as Thebe-Sing, Thebe-thuppoko and Sing-Thebe. The Hembya clan name was previously used to identify Thebe's next clan. Notable: Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe (1704 to 1741), 18th-century Limbu scholar and reviver of the Kirat Sirijanga script, described in the List of Limbu people as an 'eighteenth century Limbu martyr and social worker' (verified).
Thegim
also Tegim
Both spellings appear in the clans list (Jabegu-Thegim, Sakwaden-Tegim). The Government of Sikkim TRI lists Thegim as a principal thar with 11 subthars (Angbohang 1978, trisikkim.org).
Theguba
Thoglema
Thoklen
also Tokleng · Thokleng
Listed twice in the article; Tokleng/Thokleng also appear as tribe qualifiers (Angla-Tokleng, Maden-Tokleng, Thokleng-Maden).
Thokpeba
Thoksuba
Listed as Thoksuba-Khewa.
Thopra
Also in Yongden-thopra.
Thumyangba
Thupukum
Tigalla
Tikapatti
Tilling
The article states Tilling means 'the Police' (verified by direct fetch); appears as a tribe qualifier (Chongbang-Tilling, Maden-Tilling, Kebok-Tilling, Podalung-Tilling, Sing Maden-Tilling).
Tinglabe
Tinkote
Todopa
Togleng
Toklehang
Toklengkya
Tokphela
Tokponden
Tole
Topetlagu
Tubuk
Tukimo
Tukohang
Tum
Listed as Tum-Papo, Tum-Pheyak, Tum-Sangwa, Tum-Serma, Tum-Kurumbang.
Tumba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
Listed twice as 'Tumba (Sanyak)'.
Tumbah
Listed as Tumbah-Khewa and Khewa-Tumbah.
Tumbahang
Listed as an entry distinct from Tumbahangphe/Tumbahamphe. Notable: Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang, known as Govinda Subba, first governor of Province No. 1 (List of Limbu people, verified).
Tumbahangphe
also Tumbahamphe · Tumbahangpe
Listed under the Phedap grouping (Tumbahangphe-Phedapea), north central Terhathum. Listed (linked in Wikipedia) with qualifiers Phedapea, Tokleng, Phendua. Has an English Wikipedia surname page under 'Tumbahamphe' (verified) listing Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe (b. 1964, former Deputy Speaker of Nepal's House of Representatives) and Damber Dhoj Tumbahamphe. A 'Saatrenuhang Tumbahangpe Genealogy and Phedap Limbuwan' is cited among the Limbuwan article's sources (verified).
Tumbang
Tumbapo
Listed as Tumbapo-papo. Notable: Anjila Tumbapo Subba, captain of the Nepal women's national football team, appears in the Limbu people article (verified there; she is not in the List of Limbu people).
Tumbrok
also Tumrok · Tumruk
Listed as Tumbrok-Papo, Tumbrok-Phago, Tumrok-Tokleng, Tumruk-Panthare.
Tumsa
also Thumsa
Sanyakpa (Sanyak). Listed as both 'Thumsa (Sanyak)' and 'Tumsa (Saynak)' (the latter a typo for Sanyak).
Tumsangwa
Tumsengwate
Tumsong
Tumyang
Tunesang
Tungbamphe
also Tungbanphe
Listed as Tungbamphe-Chethare, -Mewakhole, -Nembang; Tungbanphe also listed.
Tungbaphu
Listed as Tungbaphu-Nalbo.
Tunghang
Listed twice in the article.
Tungkamphs
As printed in the article (possible typo in source).
Tungkong
Listed as Tungkong-Chaobisia and Tungkong-Chethare.
Tunglung
Also a qualifier of other clans (Chongbang-Tunglung, Maden-Tunglung, Idingo-Tunglung).
Tupunge
Umdeme
Unglingba
Unjumba
Ussuk
Wabungia
Wade
Wahek
Waji
Listed as Waji-Chaobisia, Waji-Phedapea, Waji-Athraya.
Wanem
Listed as Wanem-Phago (verified by direct fetch).
Warakpa
Warupa
Wayahnag
also Wayam · Wayang
Listed as 'Wayahnag-Kajum' and 'Wayam Kajum'; 'Khajum-Wayang' also appears. Spellings vary within the article ('Wayahnag' is likely a typo for Wayang).
Wegu
Werniba
Wetupma
Wobungia
Wodokba
Worumhang
Woyang
Yakpaden
Yakso
Yakyuk
Yambhota
Yangboku
Yangboten
Yangdem
Yangdemba
Yanghimba
Yangnam
Yangrokia
Yangsata
Yangseba
Yangsoba
Yangwago
From Tamar Khola (Tambarkhola); settled in Fenchaytar, Darjeeling. A footnote in the article (verified present) states Yangwago clans settled in Fenchaytar, Darjeeling, descending from Fenjekarna Yangwago, eldest son of Namahang Yangwago, who came from Tamar Khola since 1620 AD; Fenjekarna's three sons settled in Sikkim, with more than 100 houses at Fenchaytar today. This footnote is itself unsourced within Wikipedia.
Yangya
Yanroke
Yanwabhu
Yawa
Yekten
Yengdem
Yengdemba
Yengden
Yohimbang
Yokippa
Yokpangden
One listing carries the qualifier Panchthar. Appears three times in the list (under B as Yokpangden-Panchthar, after C, and under Y).
Yoksoba
Yoksuba
Yoksuma
Yongatemba
Yongden
Listed as Yongden-thopra.
Yongeywa
Yonghang
Yongya
Listed under Y in the clans list. Politicians Sam Yongya and Tara Sam Yongya (Jhapa) appear in Wikipedia election articles, but no biography confirms their ethnicity.
Yungsingba
Sanyakpa (Sanyak)
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Compiled from Wikipedia (Limbu clans and tribes, Limbu people, Limbuwan) and the Government of Sikkim Tribal Research Institute. The public record of our thars is thinner than our history deserves. If your thar is missing, misspelled or told wrong, write to uniquelimbu2002@gmail.com. Corrections from families and elders are honoured here.
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