The following are some of the tribal names in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

Naming system

Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In

a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.

Baloch tribal names

* Bugti *

Buledi The Buledi, Buledai, Baladi or Burdi () are a western Baloch tribe of the Pakistanian provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. History The Buledi divided the country amongst the Baloch tribes of Makran and declared their chief the head of the "Feder ...

* Buzdar * Chandio * Chhalgari * Damanis * Darzada * Dehwar * Dewala * Domki *

Gabol The Gabol ( ur, گبول) is a Baloch tribe having a distinct identity through the centuries, and not a branch of any other Baloch tribe. During the reign of Mir Jalal Khan, the Gabol joined the Rind Federation. Eventually, they joined Mir Ch ...

* Golo *

Gadhi Gadhi is a village development committee in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of S ...

* Gashkori * Ghazini *

Gurmani The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...

* Jagirani * Jamali * Jarwar * Jatoi *

Jiskani The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...

* Kalmati *

Kalpar Bugti ( bal, بُگٹی ) is a Baloch tribe found in eastern Balochistan, Pakistan. , it was estimated to comprise over 180,000 people, mostly living in the Dera Bugti region of Pakistan. They are in turn divided into the Rahija,Marhita, Perozani, ...

Kambarzahi The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...

* Kashani *

Kenagzai The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...

Khalol The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...

Khetran The Khetran are a Baloch tribe found primarily in the northeast of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Their area is a large hilly tract in the Sulaiman Mountains comprising the whole of Barkhan District as well as small parts of neighbouring ...

Khushk Khushk (Khushak, Khoshk, Kuchik, Khishk, Koshk or Kushik) is baloch tribe located in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. It is a branch/sub-clan of Rind tribe See also *List of Baloch Tribes This is a list of Baloch ...

* Korai *

Khara Khara can refer to Places * Khara, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Khara-Khoto, the ruins of a medieval city in western Mongolia * Khara, Pakistan, a town in Punjab, Pakistan * Khara, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Khara, Raebareli, a vil ...

* Langhani * Lanjwani * Loharani *

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish province of Scania, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Scania County. The Öre ...

Magsi Magsi is a surname. The Magsi are an Iranian people of the Western Iranian group and Northwestern subgroup that mainly lives in three countries: Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Baloch tribes ...

Malik Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic d ...

* Marri * Mazari * Mirza * Mugheri * Pitafi *

Qaisrani Qaisrani is a Baloch clan of Rind tribe. They live mostly in Balochistan, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populou ...

* Rahija * Rahmanzai * Rind * Ravani *

Saifi The Muslim Saifi, or sometimes pronounced Barhai are Muslim community, found in North India. They are also known as Saifi which denotes the Muslim sub-caste of blacksmiths and carpenters. A small number are also found in the Terai region of Nepa ...

* Sanjrani * Satti * Sherzai * Shirani * Syed * Thingani * Talpur * Umrani * Wadeyla * Zardari

Brahui tribal names

* Bangulzai tribe *

Bizenjo The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ...

tribe * Bahrani tribe * Hasni *

Jhalawan Jhalawan ( Brahui: جھالاوان) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state of Brahui that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. It was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. ...

* Khan-e-Qalat *

Kharal The Kharal also spelled ''Kharral'' or ''Kharl'' is a very large tribe centered in Punjab Region that was traditionally semi-pastoral and is classed as Jat or Rajput. Modern Indian and Pakistani census reports mention Kharals as Rajputs. The ...

Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...

* Lango * Lehri * Mirwani *

Mengal Mengal ( Balochi: مینگل ) are a Brahui speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. Clans There are two main clans of Mengal tribe, namely Shahizai Mengal and Zagar Mengal. Shahizai Mengal inhabits in central and southern parts of Bal ...

* Muhammad Shahi *

Raisani Raisarri رئیساڑی is one of many tribes that reside in Balochistan-former Brahui Ranges Kalat state. They speak the Brahui language in Mastung and Bolan and Brahui and Pashto language in Ziarat and Thal-Chotiali. The Raisarri-رئیسا ...

* Rodini * Sarpara * Sasooli * Shahwani * Sumalani

Gujarati clan names

* Alpial * Bhatia * Lakhani * Memon *

Patel The Patel is an Indian surname or title, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat representing the community of land-owning farmers and later (with the British East India Company) businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants. Traditionally th ...

Kashmiri clan names

* Butt * Dar *

Kashmiri Shaikh Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh ( ks, ) is a Muslim community, which mainly live in Kashmir regions of India and Pakistan. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are considered to be a clan of Kashmiri origin also found predominantly in Pakistan Punjab and ...

Khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

Khawaja Khawaja ( Persian: خواجه ''khvâjəh'') is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. It is also used by Kashmiri Muslims and the Mizrahi Jews—particul ...

Lone Lone may refer to: People * Lone (given name), a given name (including a list of people with this name) * Lone (musician), Matt Cutler, an electronic musician from Nottingham, United Kingdom *Lone (surname), a surname (including a list of people ...

* Malik clan (Kashmir) *

Mir ''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...

* Wani

Punjabi clan names

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ...

* Aulakh * Ansari *

Awan Awan may refer to: Places * Awan (ancient city), a city-state in Elam in the 3rd millennium BCE * Awan (region), a town in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India * Awan, Bhulath, a village in Kapurthala district, Punjab, India, Punjab, Pakistan ...

* Bahmani * Bajwa *

Bangial Bangyal is a Punjabi Rajput Muslim tribe, found principally in the Potohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. They are also present in Gujrat and Gujranwala district Gujranwala District ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a district that is a part of the Majh ...

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is han ...

Baig Baig, also commonly spelled Bayg, Beigh, Beg, Bek, Bey, Baeg or Begh (Persian: بیگ, ''Beig'', Turkish: ''Bey''), was a Turkic title which is today used as a name to identify lineage. It means ''Chief'' or ''Commander'' and is an honorific tit ...

Bhabra Bhabra or Bhabhra is an ethno-linguistic and religious group who are from Punjab region which follow Jainism. History and Origin The Bhabra community has had a close historical association with Jainism. It is believed to be connected with the Bhav ...

* Batwal *

Bhati Bhati is a clan of Rajputs History The Bhatis reportedly originated in Mathura through a common ancestor named Bhati, who was a descendant of Pradyumn. According to the seventeenth-century Nainsi ri Khyat, the Bhatis after losing Mathur ...

* Barsar *

Buttar Buttar is a Jat clan and surname found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. List of notable people Notable people with this surname include: * Maninder Buttar, Indian singer * Prit Buttar, British-Indian military historian * Rabinder ...

Chaudhry Chowdhury is a title of honour, usually hereditary, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an adaption from Sanskrit. During the Mughal rule, it was a title awarded to eminent people, while during British rule, the term was associate ...

* Chattha or Chatha *

Chauhan Chauhan, historically ''Chahamana'', is a clan name historically associated with the various ruling Rajput families during the Medieval India in Rajasthan. Subclans Khichi, Hada, Songara, Bhadauria, Devda etc. are the branches or subcla ...

Chughtai The Chughtai Moghols or Chughtai Mughals ( chg, Çağatay Moghul, ur, ) are descendants and followers of Chaghtai Khan (the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of Chaghtai Khanate) in South Asia (modern-day Pakistan). They migrated to th ...

* Derawal * Dhariwal *

Dhillon Dhillon ( pronunciation: �i˨llõː is a tribe of Jats found in the Punjab region. Notable people who bear the name, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include: * Amritpal Singh Dhillon, an Indian-born Canadian singer, rapper ...

* Dogar *

Duggal Duggal (or Dugal) is a Punjabi Khatri surname. They are followers of Hinduism and Sikhism. A minority of Duggals converted to Islam. Mother of Guru Amar Das belonged to a Duggal Khatri family.They were mainly found in Rawalpindi and Jhelum. Acc ...

* Gakhar *

Gill A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they ar ...

* Grewal *

Gujjar Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as ''Gujar, Gurjara and Gujjer'') is an ethnic nomadic, agricultural and pastoral community, spread mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were tradi ...

Ibrahim Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...

Indra Indra (; Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is the king of the devas (god-like deities) and Svarga (heaven) in Hindu mythology. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. volumes/ref> I ...

Iqbal Iqbal, Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal may refer to: Geography Iran * ''Eqbal, Iran'', a village in West Azerbaijan Province *''Eqbaliyeh'', rural district in Iran * ''Eqbal-e Gharbi Rural District'', western provincial district in Qazvin, Iran * ''Eqbal- ...

Janjua The Janjua (also spelt janjua'', Junjua, Janjuah'') is a Rajput clan found predominantly in Pakistan's Punjab Pothohar Plateau. History Connection with the Hindu Shahis The 10th century Arab historian Masudi mentioned that in his time the ki ...

* Jatt * Jutt * Johiya *

Kathia The Kathia is a Jat Muslim tribe of Pakistani Punjab. Many leaders of Kathia tribe were main participants in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 led by Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal. Present Circumstances Today, they are mainly scattered around bank of River R ...

* Kahloon *

* Khandowa *

Khokhar Khokhar are a Punjabi community native to Pothohar Plateau of Pakistan, and the adjoining areas of India. Khokhars now predominantly follow Islam, though a minority continue to follow Hinduism. Many Khokhars converted to Islam from Hinduism ...

Kamboh The Kamboj ( pa, ਕੰਬੋਜ ''Kamboj'', hi, कंबोज ''Kamboj''), also Kamboh ( ur, ALA-LC: ), is a cultivating community of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, spanning a region from the Sutlej Valley to the north, the ...

Kirmani Kirmani or Kermani () is a locational surname of Persian origin, which originally meant a person from the city of Kerman, Iran. Notable people with the surname include: *Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani (died 1066), Andalus philosopher *Afdhal al-Din abu ...

Sahni Sahni (alternatively Sawhney, Sahney, Shahani , or Sahani ) is an Indian (Khatri) surname found among the Hindus or Sikhs of Punjab. Notable people with the surname include: * Ajai Sahni, author and expert on counter-terrorism * Ajay Prakash ...

Langra The 'Langra' mango, also known as Banarasi Langra, is a mango cultivar primarily grown in Bangladesh,Varanasi, or Banaras, Northern India. In some part of northern India and in Bihar 'Langra' mango is also known as 'Malda' Mango'', referring to ...

* Langrial *

Lau Lau or LAU may refer to: People * Lau (surname) * Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien * Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab * LAU (musician): Laura Fares Places * Lebane ...

* Leel * Longi * Machi *

Mahar Mahar, meaning "original inhabitants of Maharashtra" (in various languages), is an Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism i ...

* Mahtam * Makhdoom *

* Meghwar * Meo * Mirza * Mian * Mighiana * Minhas * Mughal *

Muslim Khatris The Muslim Khatris are desandants of Khatri community in Indian subcontinent. They embraced Islam during medieval times. They are now mostly concentrated in Pakistan provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Azad Kashmir and Northern India. They use titles ...

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

Nanda Nanda may refer to: Indian history and religion * Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE ** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire ** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...

Naqvi The Naqvis are a Sayyid clan, found predominantly in Iran, Iraq, and the South Asian countries. They claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Hadi, who is also known as 'Naqi' and the Tenth Imam, and through him they trace their lineage to the Islamic ...

* Paracha * Parihar * Passi *

* Sheikh (Punjabi) *

Qureshi Qureshi (also known as Qureyshi, Quraishi, Qurayshi, Qureshy, Quraishy, Qoraishi, Qoreshi, Koraishi, Kureshi, Kureshy, Kureishi, Coreish) is a Muslim family name. In English it has many spellings, in Arabic is spelled "", which means part of the ...

Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested ...

* Ranjha * Roy * Sahi clan *

Sangha Sangha is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; Sangha is often used as a surname across these languages. It was historically used in a political context t ...

* Sanghera * Satti * Sehgal * Sukhera *

Sethi Sethi is a surname that is found among the Punjabi Khatris of India. They are a part of Khukhrain sub-caste among the Khatris which also includes the clans of Anand, Bhasin Chadha, Kohli, Ghai, Sahni, Sethi, (Sawhney) and Suri. The surname i ...

Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

* Shanzay * Sial * Siddiqui *

Singh Singh (IPA: ) is a title, middle name or surname that means " lion" in various South Asian and Southeast Asian communities. Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, it eventually became a common surname adopted by different comm ...

* Sidhu *

Sandhu Sandhu or Sindhu is a clan or family name found among the Punjabi Jatts in India and Pakistan. It is Punjab's second largest Jatt clan. The etymology is connected to the word ''Sindhu'', the native name for the Indus river. Notable people with ...

Shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

* Sirki * Tiwana *

Tarar Tarar is a Jat surname found among Sikhs and Muslims in India and Pakistan, mainly in the Punjab region. Notable people with the name include: * Mamoon Jaffar Tarar, Pakistani politician * Bilal Farooq Tarar, Pakistani politician * Muhammad R ...

* Uzair *

Virk Virk is a Jat clan. In India and Pakistan, it is used as a surname by the Jatt Sikhs and Jat Muslims. Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include: *Adnan Virk, Canadian television sportscaster *Ammy Vi ...

Warraich Warraich or Waraich is a clan of Jatts both in Pakistan and India, mainly located in Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India . Notable people Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include: * Chaudhary Perva ...

Sindhi clan names

Abro Abro, or Abra, is a clan descended from Jams of Samma dynasty migrated from Abdasa area of Kutch in 1314 AD and are settled in southern Sindh to the northern Sindh, and Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as B ...

* Bhutto * Bughio *

Burfat Burfat (Urdu: برفات) is the name of a Baloch tribe in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fift ...

Channa ''Channa'' is a genus of predatory fish in the family Channidae, commonly known as snakeheads, native to freshwater habitats in Asia. This genus contains about 50 scientifically described species. The genus has a wide natural distribution extend ...

* Chachar *

Chhutta Chhutto Baloch Qabila is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Sindh. Panjab The people who cultivate the Crown lands of Kalat in various niahats in Jhalawan are known as the Khan's ''ulus'' or subjects, and, with a few exceptions, are under the direct ...

* Chandio * Detha * Dodai * Gurchani *

Hingora The Hingora are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India and a province of Sindh in Pakistan. They are one of a number of communities of Maldhari pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch. Present circumstances The c ...

Hingorja The Hingorja () are a Muslim community found in the state of a province of Sindh in Pakistan. They are one of a number of communities of pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch. History and origin The Hingorja claim descent from Sa ...

Halaypotra The Halaypotra ( sd, هاليپوٽا) are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India and a province of Sindh in Pakistan. They are one of a number of communities of Maldhari pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch. Hi ...

* Indhar * Jokhio * Jakhro * Joyo * Jogi * Joyo * Junejo * Jamote * Kalhoro * Kalwar *

Khaskheli Khaskheli ( sd, خاصخیلي) is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan. The tribe trace its linkages as offshoot of Samma tribe in Sindh. Khasakhel is a tribe in Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is on ...

Khuhro Khuhro ( sd, کھڙو) is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan. Khuhros belong to the Abro clan of the Sammas. According to tradition the Khuhro settled in the fertile tract near the Indus River around the modern Larkana District and ...

* Kehar *

(Baloch) * Kumbhar * Lakhani * Langah * Langha * Lasi *

* Mahesar * Memon * Mirani * Mirbahar *

Mallah The Mallaah are the traditional boatmen and fishermen tribes or communities of North India, East India, Northeastern India and Pakistan. A significant number of Mallah are also found in Nepal and Bangladesh. In the Indian state of Bihar, the ter ...

* Mangnejo * Mugheri *

* Naich * Palh * Palijo * Parihar *

* Rajper * Royma * Rind (Baloch) * Samma *

Shaikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Shar In the Unix operating system, shar (an abbreviation of ''shell archive'') is an archive format created with the Unix shar utility. A shar file is a type of self-extracting archive, because it is a valid shell script, and executing it will re ...

* Sheedi * Siyal *

Soomro Soomro ( sd, سومرو, सूमरो) or Soomra or Sumrah is a tribe having a local origin in Sindh who had later claimed to being either Rajputs or Arabs. They are found in Sindh, parts of Punjab especially bordering Sindh, Balochistan provi ...

* Thaheem *

Wagon A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people. Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...

* Wassan

Saraiki tribal names

* Ansari *

* Bhait *

Bosan Bosan is a town in Multan District, Pakistan. It is an agricultural area known for mango and orange production, and is one of the largest mango producers in Pakistan. Bosan Town is also famous for its rich livestock. Most of the people here ha ...

Bukhari Bukhari or Bokhari () means "from Bukhara (Uzbekistan)" in Persian, Arabic, Urdu and Hebrew, and may refer to: People * al-Bukhari (810–870), Islamic hadith scholar and author of the *Bukhari Daud (1959–2021), Indonesian academician and reg ...

* Chachar * Chandio *

* Hashmi * Kalwar *

Laar Laar () is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community’s name comes from the Old Dutch for “glade in the woods”. Geography Location Laar lies northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. It belon ...

* Makhdoom *

Noon Noon (or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for meridiem, literally 12:00 noon), 12 p.m. (for post meridiem, literally "after noon"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 24-hour clock) or 1200 ( military time). Sola ...

* Panwar *

* Rind * Ravani * Raronjah *

* Sial * Sipra *

Tangwani Tangwani ( ur, ), is a small city and a tehsil in the Kashmor District of Sindh. The headquarters is Kandhkot. Tangwani, Ghouspur, Bakhshapur and Badani are also the parts of Kandhkot City Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the I ...

Pashtun tribal names

Achakzai The Achakzai or Achekzai ( ps, اڅکزی; fa, اچکزایی) is a Pashtun tribe that resides on both sides of the Durand Line, centered on Killa Abdullah District in Pakistan with some clans as far away as Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. ...

Afridi The Afrīdī ( ps, اپريدی ''Aprīdai'', plur. ''Aprīdī''; ur, آفریدی) are a Pashtun tribe present in Pakistan, with substantial numbers in Afghanistan. The Afridis are most dominant in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal ...

* Alizai *

Akakhel The Akakhel, pronounced Akaa Khel or Akakhail (Pashto and Urdu: اکاخیل,آقاخیل), are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Ghilji/Ghilzais confederation. Their mother language is Pashto. In the early 20th century, the tribe was generally pastoral ...

* Badrashi *

Bangash The Bangash, Bungish or Bangakh ( ps, بنګښ) are a tribe of Pashtuns, inhabiting their traditional homeland, historically known as Bangash district, which stretches from Kohat to Tall and Spīn Ghar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They als ...

* Banuchi *

Bettani The Bettani ( ps, بېټني), also spelled Baittani or Bhittani, is a Pashtun tribe located mostly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Bettani are named after ''Shaykh Beṭ'', their legendary ancestor who is said to be the second son of Qais Abd ...

Burki The Ormur ( ps, اورمړ), also called Burki or Baraki ( ps, برکي), are an Eastern Iranic people mainly living in Baraki Barak, Logar, Afghanistan and in Kaniguram, South Waziristan. Despite speaking their own distinct Eastern Iranian l ...

* Chamkanni * Daulat Khel * Davi *

Dawar Dāwaṛ ( ps, داوړ) is a Karlani Pashtun tribe mostly inhabiting North Waziristan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Dawaris inhabit the Tochi Valley and speak the Dawari dialect of Pashto. History The Dawars originally live ...

Dilazak The Dilazak ( ps, دلزاک) is a Pashtun tribe, primarily living in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. History The Dilazak originally dwelled in eastern Afghanistan. They were among the earliest Pashtun tribes to have migrated to present-day northwestern Paki ...

* Dashti * Durrani *

Ehsan Ihsan (also transliterated as Ehsan; Arabic, Persian and ur, إحسان or , ku, ئیحسان) is an Arabic masculine given name. Given name ; Ihsan * İhsan Oktay Anar (born 1960), Turkish writer * İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993), Tur ...

* Gandapur * Isa Khel * Jogezai *

Jadoon The Jadoon (also Gadoon) ( Hindko/ ur, جدون; ps, جدون ,ګدون) is a Pashtun Afghan tribe in Pakistan, partly in Gadoon in Swabi, and partly in Abbottabad and Haripur districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Across the Durand line, s ...

* Kakakhel *

Kakar The Kakar (Pashto: کاکړ) is a Gharghashti Pashtun tribe, based mostly in Northern Balochistan, Pakistan and Loy Kandahar in Afghanistan. Legendary origin Kakars are sons of Gharghashti who was the son of Qais Abdul Rashid. In Herat, the ...

Kakazai The Kakazai ( ps, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tar ...

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Khalil (tribe) The Khalil ( ps, خليل) is the 1st son of Ghoryakhel settled between 1530 and 1535 in Peshawar west Pakistan. The Khalil ( ps, خليل) is a Pashtun Ghoryakhel subtribe primarily living in the Peshawar Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, ...

* Kharoti *

Khattak The Khattak ( ps, خټک) tribe are a prominent Pashtun tribe located in the Khattak territory, which consists of Karak, Nowshera, Kohat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. History Khushal Khan Khattak A warrior poet by the name of ...

* Khizarkhel * Khakwani * Khudiadadzai * Khulozai *

Kuchis Kochis or Kuchis (Pashto: کوچۍ Kuchis) are pastoral nomads belonging primarily to the Ghilji Pashtuns. In the southern, western and northern regions of Afghanistan they are also referred to at times as maldar (Pashto: مالدار maldar, ...

* Kundi * Loharani (khel) * Lohani (Rohani) * Lodhi *

Maghdud Khel The Kakazai ( ps, :ps:کاکازي, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of ...

Mahmud Khel The Kakazai ( ps, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of the larger Tarka ...

Mahsud The Mahsud or Mehsood ( ps, محسود), also spelled Maseed ( ps, ماسيد), is a Karlani Pashtun tribe inhabiting mostly the South Waziristan Agency in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, now merged within Khy ...

Mamund The Mamund (or Mamond) ( ur, , ps, ) is a Pashtun clan which is a part of the larger Tarkani tribe. The clan is located principally in the Watelai valley (also known as Mamund Valley), Bajaur, but also owns villages on both sides of the Du ...

Marwat The Marwat ( ps, مروت) is a Pashtun tribe, a branch of the Lohani tribe and belong to Lodi section, located primarily in Lakki Marwat District, parts of Dera Ismail Khan District, some villages of Tank district in Pakistan and in the Kataw ...

Mashwani Mashwani ( ur, ) (also Mishwani, Meshwani, or Moshwani) is Arab origin tribe mainly settled in different parts of Pashtunistan, in addition to some other neighboring regions. They are Afghans by adoption and Arabs by descent. They use Mashw ...

* Musakhel * Miana *

Mandokhel The Mandokhel ( ps, مندو خیل ) is a PashtunTalebi, Abdul Latif Yaad. Pashtanay Qabeelay. 2nd ed.: Danish, 2007. Print. p.256-257 tribe primarily found in northern regions of Balochistan Province, Pakistan and southern Afghanistan. Most of t ...

Niazi Niazi (; , ps, نيازي; ur, نیازی) Niazai, Nyazi, Nyazai, Niyazi or Niyazai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes which resides in Afghanistan and northwestern part of Pakistan. The earliest work which provides the details about ...

* Noorzai *

Orakzai The Orakzai are a Pashtun tribe native to the Orakzai Agency and parts of Kurram Agency located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the language Pashto. Location The Orakzai belong to the Tirah valley located in FATA or ...

Popalzai Popalzai or Popalzay ( ps, پوپلزی), also known as Popal, are Durrani (formerly called Abdali or Bor Tareen) Pashtuns of Afghanistan. The Popalzai are part of the Zirak confederation of Pashtun tribes. The origin of the Abdali forefat ...

* Panni (Balailzai) *

Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

* Swati *

Sadduzai Popalzai or Popalzay ( ps, پوپلزی), also known as Popal, are Durrani (formerly called Abdali or Bor Tareen) Pashtuns of Afghanistan. The Popalzai are part of the Zirak confederation of Pashtun tribes. The origin of the Abdali forefathers ...

Salarzai The Salarzai are one of the four Tarkani clans. They inhabit what is now Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In 2014, they may have been the majority tribe among the area's 600,000 population. In common with some other tribes of the ar ...

Sarbani Saṛbanī ( ps, سړبني) or Sarban Confedracy is a tribal group of Pashtuns. They are situated in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Sarbani include many Pashtun tribes, including Sherani, Tareen, Durrani, Khalil, Kheshgi, Kasi which includes ...

Shilmani The Shalmani or ''Shilmani'' ( ps, شلمانى) is a Pashtun tribe primarily concentrated in the Shalman Valley in Khyber Agency near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. ''Shalmani'' is also known as ''Sulemani'' a variant of ''Shalmani'' ...

* Shirani * Sulemani * Sulemankhel * Suri * Tanoli/Tani *

Tareen The Tareen (or Tarin) ( ps, ترین) is a Pashtun tribe inhabiting southern Afghanistan, and western region of Pakistan.Caroe O. ''The Pathans 550 B.C.- A.D. 1957'' Oxford University Press . Page 521.Muhammad Hyat Khan, "Hayat i Afghan" (Orig. i ...

Tarkani The Tarkani ( ps, ترکاڼي '; ur, ترکانی) or Tarkalani ( ps, ترکلاڼي '; ur, ترکلانی) is a Pashtun tribe mainly settled in Bajaur Agency, Lower Dir district of Pakistan but originally hailed from the Laghman province of m ...

* Tokhi * Turkhel *

Umarzai The Muhammadzai (also Mohammadzai, Mohammedzai, Mohmandzai, Mamanzai, etc.) is a Pashtun tribe residing in Charsadda, modern day Pakistan. The tribe should not be confused with the Muhammadzai of the Barakzai Durrani, who were for many years the ...

* Uthman khel * Wazir * Wur *

Yousafzai The Yusufzai or Yousafzai ( ps, یوسفزی, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ) are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to which they migrated to from Suliman mountains dur ...

Yusaf Khel The Kakazai ( ps, :ps:کاکازي, کاکازي / ککےزي / ککازي, Urdu, fa, ), also known as Loi, Loe, or Loye Mamund ( ps, لوی ماموند; ur, لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند ), a division of the Mamund clan, are part of ...

* Zimri

Iranian ancestral names

* Ansari *

* Chishti *

Fareedi Fareedi or Faridi ( fa, فریدی ), is a clan of the Farooqi tribe named after Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Ganjshakar, a murid of a sheikh who belongs to the sufi order of Baba Fareed Shaker Gunj. Origin Descendants of Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Ganj ...

* Firdausi *

Gardezi Gardezi (also spelled Gardezy or Gardizi) refers to someone whose origin can be traced back to the city of Gardez in Afghanistan. There have been a few known Sayyid families from Gardez who migrated to different parts of Pakistan. Their descendant ...

* Ghazali *

Gilani Gilani or Gillani is a toponymic surname (nisba) linked to the Gilan Province in Iran. It is also used by people indicating association with the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order Abdul Qadir Gilani. Notable people with the surname (or variants) i ...

* Hamadani * Hameed *

Isfahani Isfahani ( fa, اصفهانی) or Ispahani is a surname of Iranian origin. It may refer to the following: * Al-Isfahani * Al-Raghib al-Isfahani * Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani * Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Isfahani See also * Isfahan * Al-Isfahani ( ...

* Jafari * Jalali * Jamshidi * Kashani * Kermani *

Askari An askari (from Somali, Swahili and Arabic , , meaning "soldier" or "military", which also means "police" in the Somali language) was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, particularly in the African G ...

* Mirza * Montazeri *

Muker Muker is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the western end of Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England, within the district of Richmondshire. The parish includes the hamlets and villages of Angram, Richmondshire, Angram, Kel ...

Nishapuri Nishapuri or Nishaburi ( fa, نیشابوری) is a surname of Iranian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Hakim al-Nishaburi, Persian scholar (933–1014) * Ghiyās od-Dīn Abul-Fatah Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī (104 ...

* Noorani *

Pirzada A Pirzada is historically described as official custodians of Sufi mausoleums and shrines in Muslim lands, with their earliest mentions being in Baghdad, Iraq, during the period of the Umayyad caliphate. Often a Pirzada was a descendant of tho ...

* Qadiri *

Qizilbash Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( az, Qızılbaş; ota, قزيل باش; fa, قزلباش, Qezelbāš; tr, Kızılbaş, lit=Red head ) were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan, Anatolia, t ...

* Razavi *

Reza Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word , ''Riḍā'', which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect content ...

Rizvi Rizvi or Rizavi or رضوی is the Urdu form of the Arabic surname Radawi/Radhawi and the Persian surname Razavi. It is a surname commonly associated with Muslims, who claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Ridha, a descendant of the Islamic prophet ...

* Sistani * Yazdani * Zain *

Zand Zand may refer to: * Zend, a class of exegetical commentaries on Zoroastrian scripture * Zand District, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Zand Boulevard, in Shiraz, Iran * Z And, a variable star As a tribal/clan and dynastic name * Zand tr ...

Arabic ancestral names

These surnames are mostly common among Urdu-peaking people and

Shia Muslims Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...

. * Abbasi * Abidi *

Alvi Alvi may refer to: People * Abdul Qadeer Alvi, Pakistani politician * Abrar Alvi (1927–2009), Indian film writer, director and actor * Alvi Ahmetaj (born 1998), Albanian football player * Alvi Fokou Fopa (born 1990), Cameroonian-American footba ...

* Baqri * Dhanial * Farooqi * Ghazali * Hashmi * Hassan *

Hussain Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", " ...

Hussaini Husseini (also spelled Hussaini, Husaini, Hecini, Hosseini , Houssaini or Husayni, ar, حسیني) is an Arabic surname. Etymology It is a nisba derivation of the given name Hussein or Husain from the name of Imam Husain ibn Ali. People with the ...

Hyder Hyder can refer to: Places *Hyder, Alaska, U.S. **Hyder Seaplane Base *Hyder, Arizona, U.S. **Hyder Valley *Hyder Creek, is a river in New York, U.S. Other uses *Hyder (defunct company), a former Welsh utility company **Hyder Consulting, a subsid ...

Hyderi Hyderi ( ur, حیدری ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central district of Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is ...

* Idrisi * Jafari *

Kazmi Kazemi, Kazimi, Kazmi, or al-Kadhimi ( ar, الكاظمي al-Kadhimi) is a surname found most commonly in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The surname is conventionally used by people who trace their patrilineal descent from Imam ...

* Khagga * Makhdoom * Mousavi *

Masood Masoud (; ) is a given name and surname, with origins in Persian and Arabic. The name is found in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and China. Masoud has spellin ...

* Najafi * Osmani * Qazi *

Sadat Sadat ( ar, سادات) is a suffix, which is given to families believed to be descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. In Iran, after the revolution, it is mandatory to mention "Seyed" or "Sadat" in the names of or whose descent from Muham ...

* Saeed *

* Sajjadi * Salehi *

Sayyid ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamm ...

* Siddiqui * Taqvi * Tirmizi * Turabi *

Usmani Usmani or Othmani or Uthmani is a large Muslim community ( Urdu: عثمانی), found mainly in South Asia. The word Usmani or (one and the same thing) is a surname. Usmani are found throughout South Asia mainly in India and Pakistan. Notabl ...

Wasti Wasti or Wasiti is a toponymic surname originating from the city of Wasit, Iraq. Twelver Shias in India and Pakistan descending from Zayd ibn Ali also carry the surname along with Zaidi. Notable people bearing the name include: *Abu Bakr Muhammad ...

Zubairi Zuberi also written as Zubairi, Zubairy, Zoberi, Zobairi is a surname from Arabic language, Arabic. Notable people with the surname include: *Ziauddin Ahmed *Iqbal Zuberi *Itrat Husain Zuberi *Laila Zuberi *Muhammad Suhail Zubairy *Roohi Zuberi *R ...

* Zaidi

Turkic ancestral names

* Agha *

Barlas The Barlas ( mn, Barulās, script=Latn;Grupper, S. M. ‘A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins.’ Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97 Chagatay/ ...

* Effendi * Gul * Mirza * Mughal *

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignita ...

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