1) Bengali surname 2) Nepali surname 
``Adhikari is a surname common to people in Nepal,` some ``rajputs`` of royal families of rajasthan migrated to kumaun (uttarakhand) during the mughal attacks. The gorkha emperors gave them ``adhikar`` (right) of some villages thus they came to known as ``adhikari.`` they are the ``suryavanseeya rajput`` of rajputana adhikaris. ...