Matharu or Matharoo is a Jatt surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ajaip Singh Matharu (born 1938), Ugandan hockey player Inderjit Singh Matharu (born 1969), Kenyan hockey player Jeet Matharu, Indian film director Kiran Matharu (born 1989), British golfer Santokh Singh Matharu (1942–2011), Kenyan hockey player