Sherwani is a surname, possibly originating from Sherwan from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan or Sarwani, a pashtun tribe people originate from the city of Sherran or current Iran-Afghan bordered regions and from the Ghazni province.
Notable people with the surname include:
Arfa Khanum Sherwani (born 1980), Indian journalist Haroon Khan Sherwani (1891–1980), Indian historian Imran Sherwani (1962–2025), English field hockey player Jalees Sherwani (died 2018), Indian screenwriter and lyricist Saleem Sherwani (field hockey forward) (born 1962) Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper) (born 1951)