Sikh Surnames

 

Clans

These often reflect the profession or caste of the family. There are two broad categories: Jat (jut) and Khat(t)ri (kh - schwa - t - r - long e). Jats are historically land-owners, farmers or warriors. Khatris are historically merchants or, less commonly, warriors. Although someone with the last name 'Khatter', a derivative of Khatri, could be part of the Arora clan, this does not necessarily form part of the legal name.

Jat(Zat/Jutt) land-owners/farmers not surname?
Aroras merchants/businessmen fairly common surname
Khattris/Khatters warriors, can be merchants subsection of Arora surname

Surnames

Agarwal Agroia Ahluwalia Ahuja Anand Arakoni
Arneja Arora Attariwala Attwal Atwal Aujla
Aulakh Ayer Badyal Bagha Bahia Bains
Bajwa Bal Balil Balli Banga Bansal
Banwait Barmi Barn Basra Basrai Bassi
Batra Bawa Baweja Beasley Bedi Beesla
Bhachu Bhambra Bhangu Bhardwaj Bhasin Bhatia
Bhatti Bhaura Bhudraja Bhuppal Birdi Bisla
Boparai Brar Brara Chadha Chaha Chahal
Chahall Chahil Chana Chand Chandha Chattha
Chaudhari Chaudhary Chawla Cheema Chhugani Chima
Chohan Chopra Daire Dale Dalel Dambria
Das Dass Datta Denhoy Deol Dhaliwal
Dhami Dhamija Dhanoa Dhariwal Dhillon Dhudwal
Dindral Doabia Dosanjh Dua Gala Gandhi
Garcha Ghag Ghai Ghuman Gill Girgla
Gogia Grewal Gugral Gujral Gupta Gurai
Heer Hira Hora Hothi Hundal Jaggi
Jagur Jammu Janda Japra Jethani Jhuti
Johal Johar Johl Judge Kaal Kahlon
Kaila Kalirai Kalra Kals Kang Kapani
Kapoor Kasal Kattaura Khahera Khaira Khalsa
Khangura Khanna Khatri Khatter Khattqr Khattri
Kler Kohli Kooner Lal Lalli Lally
Laungani Lell Loey Mahal Mahmi Malhan
Malhi Mann Mansukhani Maroke Matharu Mattu
Maude Mirchandani Multani Mundra Nagra Nahal
Narindra Nayyar Nijjar Pabley Padda Pahwa
Pal Pannu Panu Patiala Pind Prewal
Ragi Rahul Rai Raj Raja Ram
Rama Rana Randhawa Rani Rao Rattu
Reel Rekhi Sabdhu Sabharwal Sachdev Sachdeva
Sagoo Sahni Sahota Sambhi Samra Samran
Sandhar Sandhu Sangha Sanghera Sarang Sarkaria
Sawhney Sekhon Sethi Shah Shahraj Sharma
Shergill Shindi Siddhu Sidhu Sihota Sikand
Sodhi Sohal Sohota Sokhey Sra Sran
Sudan Sukhija Sull Sutantar Takhar Takkar
Talib Thakkar Thakkur Thiara Thind Tind
Tjinder? Toor Tur Uppal Virdee Virk
Wahlia Walia Waraich Warwaha    

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This collection of names compiled by Kate Monk. Copyright January 1997, Kate Monk. Last updated October, 98. Copies may be made for personal use only.