The following are some of the tribal names in Pakistan.
Naming system Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Islamic / Indo-European Mohammad Khan
Baloch tribal names
Bizenjo(Baloch tribe) Bugti Buledi Buzdar Chandio Chhalgari Damanis Darzada Dehwar Dewala Domki Gabol Golo Gadhi Gashkori Ghazini Gurmani Jagirani Jamali Jarwar Jatoi Jiskani Kalmati Kalpar Kambarzahi Kashani Kenagzai Khalol Khetran Khushk Khara Langhani Lanjwani Loharani Lund Magsi Malik Marri Mazari Mirza Mugheri Pitafi QaisraniQaisranis crown 21st tribal chief Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 August 2002, Retrieved 7 September 2019 Rahija Rahmanzai Rind Rind (Baloch tribe) Ravani Saifi Sanjrani Satti Sherzai Shirani Syed Thingani Talpur Umrani Wadeyla Zardari
Brahui tribal names
Bangulzai Bizenjo (Brahui) Bahrani Hasni Jhalawan Khanzada Kharal Kurd Lango Lehri Mirwani Mengal Muhammad Shahi Raisani Rodini Sarpara Sasooli Shahwani Sumalani
Gujarati clan names
Alpial Bhatia Lakhani Memon Patel
Kashmiri clan names
Butt Dar Kashmiri Shaikh Khawaja Lone Malik clan (Kashmir) Mir Wani
Punjabi clan names
Arain Aulakh Ansari Bahmani Bajwa Bangial Basra Baig Bhabra Batwal Bhati Barsar Buttar Chattha Chaudhry Chauhan Chughtai Derawal Dhariwal Dhillon Dogar Duggal Gakhar Gill Grewal Gujjar Gurmani Ibrahim Indra Iqbal Janjua Jatt Jutt Johiya Kathia Kahloon Khara Khandowa Kharal Khokhar Kamboh Kirmani Sahni Khawaja Langra Langrial Lau Leel Longi Machi Mahar Mahtam Makhdoom Malik Meghwar Meo Mirza Mian Mighiana Minhas Mughal Muslim Khatris Rajput Nanda Paracha Parihar Passi Patel Sheikh (Punjabi) Qureshi RajaFarzana Raja – Chairwoman, Benazir Income Support Program, Pakistan Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 April 2013, Retrieved 7 September 2019Raja Pervaiz Ashraf elected prime minister, new cabinet sworn in Dawn (newspaper), Published 22 June 2012, Retrieved 7 September 2019 Ranjha Roy Sahi clan Sangha Sanghera Satti Sehgal Sukhera Sethi Sheikh Shanzay Sial Siddiqui Sidhu Sandhu Shah Sirki Tarar Uzair Virk WarraichSenior journalist grieved (Sohail Warraich) Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 January 2018, Retrieved 7 September 2019
Sindhi clan names
Abro Arain Bhati Bhutto Bughio Burfat Channa Chachar Chhutta Chauhan Chandio Dahar Detha Dodai Dhareja Daudpotro Effendi Gurchani Hanbhi Hingora Hingorja Halaypotra Indhar Jokhio Jakhro Joyo Jogi Jareja Junejo Jamote Jadgal Kalhoro Khowaja Kalwar Khaskheli Kachela Khuhro Kehar Khushk (Baloch) Kumbhar Lakhani Lohana Langah Langha Lasi Lanjar Lanjwani Mahar Mahesar Memon Mirani Malkani Mirbahar Mallah Miyano Mangnejo Mugheri Magsi Numria Naich Ogahi Palh Palijo Panhwar Parihar Qureshi Qaimkhani Rajar Rajper Rahimoon Rathore Roonjho/Runjho Rind (Baloch) Samma Shah Shaikh Soho Shoro Sathio Solangi Sheedi Siyal Soomro Thebo Thaheem Unar Waryah Wagan Wassan
Saraiki tribal names
Ansari Arain Bhait Bhati Bosan Bukhari Chachar Chandio Chughtai Hashmi Kalwar Khokhar Laar Makhdoom Malik Noon Panwar Qureshi Rind Ravani Raronjah Sanwal Shah Sial Sipra Soomro Tangwani
Pashtun tribal names
Achakzai Afridi Alizai Akakhel Badrashi Bangash Banuchi Bettani Burki Chamkani Dawar Dilazak Durrani Gandapur Esakhelvi Jadoon Kakakhel Kakar Kakazai Kasi Khalil Khattak Lohani (Rohani) Lodi Mahsud Mamund Marwat Musakhel Niazi Orakzai Popalzai Panni (Balailzai) Swati Sadduzai Sherani Sulemani Suleimankhel Suri Tareen Utmankhel Wazir Yousafzai
Iranian ancestral names
Ansari Bukhari Chishti Fareedi Firdausi Gardezi Ghazali Gilani Hamadani Hameed Isfahani Jafari Jalali Jamshidi Kashani Kayani Kermani Askari Mirza Montazeri Muker Nishapuri Noorani Pirzada Qadiri Qizilbash Razavi Reza Rizvi Rouhani Sistani Yazdani Zain Zand
Arabic ancestral names These surnames are mostly common among Urdu-speaking people and Shia Muslims.
Abbasi Abidi Alvi Awan Bukhari Baqri Dhanial Ehsan Farooqi Ghazali Hashmi Hassan Hussain Hussaini Hyder Hyderi Idrisi Jafari Kazmi Khagga Makhdoom Mousavi Najafi Osmani Qazi Qidwai Rizvi Sadat Saeed Saifi Sajjadi Salehi Sayyid Siddiqui Taqvi Tirmizi Turabi Usmani Wasti Zubairi Zaidi
Turkic ancestral names
Agha Baig Barlas Effendi Gul Mirza Mughal Pasha Tanoli
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