List of Pakistani family names

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.

Baloch tribal names

 * 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
 * Qaisrani
 * Rahija
 * Rahmanzai
 * Rind
 * Ravani
 * Saifi
 * Sanjrani
 * Satti
 * Sherzai
 * Shirani
 * Syed
 * Thingani
 * Talpur
 * Umrani
 * Wadeyla
 * Zardari

Brahui tribal names

 * Bangulzai tribe
 * Bizenjo tribe
 * Bahrani tribe
 * Hasni
 * Jhalawan
 * Khan-e-Qalat
 * 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
 * Khan
 * Khawaja
 * Lone
 * Malik clan (Kashmir)
 * Mir
 * Wani

Punjabi clan names

 * Arain
 * Aulakh
 * Ansari
 * Awan
 * Bahmani
 * Bajwa
 * Bangial
 * Basra
 * Baig
 * Bhabra
 * Batwal
 * Bhati
 * Barsar
 * Buttar
 * Chaudhry
 * Chattha or Chatha
 * Chauhan
 * Chughtai
 * Derawal
 * Dhariwal
 * Dhillon
 * Dogar
 * Duggal
 * Gakhar
 * Gill
 * Grewal
 * Gujjar
 * Gurmani
 * Ibrahim
 * Indra
 * Iqbal
 * Janjua
 * Jatt
 * Jutt
 * Johiya
 * Kathia
 * Kahloon
 * Khara
 * Khan
 * 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
 * Naqvi
 * Paracha
 * Parihar
 * Passi
 * Patel
 * Sheikh (Punjabi)
 * Qureshi
 * Raja
 * Ranjha
 * Roy
 * Sahi clan
 * Sangha
 * Sanghera
 * Satti
 * Sehgal
 * Sukhera
 * Sethi
 * Sheikh
 * Shanzay
 * Sial
 * Siddiqui
 * Singh
 * Sidhu
 * Sandhu
 * Shah
 * Sirki
 * Tiwana
 * Tarar
 * Uzair
 * Virk
 * Warraich

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
 * Rahar
 * Rahimoon
 * Rathore
 * Roonjho/Runjho
 * Rind (Baloch)
 * Samma
 * Shah
 * Shaikh
 * Soho
 * Shoro
 * Sathio
 * Shujra
 * Solangi
 * Shar
 * Sheedi
 * Siyal
 * Soomro
 * Thebo
 * Thaheem
 * Unar
 * Waryah
 * Wagan
 * Wassan

Saraiki tribal names

 * Ansari
 * Arain
 * Awan
 * Bhait
 * Bhati
 * Bosan
 * Bukhari
 * Chachar
 * Chandio
 * Chughtai
 * Hashmi
 * Kalwar
 * Khokhar
 * Laar
 * Makhdoom
 * Malik
 * Noon
 * Panwar
 * Qureshi
 * Rind
 * Ravani
 * Raronjah
 * Shah
 * Sial
 * Sipra
 * Soomro
 * Tangwani

Pashtun tribal names

 * Achakzai
 * Afridi
 * Alizai
 * Akakhel
 * Badrashi
 * Bangash
 * Banuchi
 * Bettani
 * Burki
 * Chamkanni
 * Daulat Khel
 * Davi
 * Dawar
 * Dilazak
 * Dashti
 * Durrani
 * Ehsan
 * Gandapur
 * Isa Khel
 * Jogezai
 * Jadoon
 * Kakakhel
 * Kakar
 * Kakazai
 * Kasi
 * Khalil (tribe)
 * Kharoti
 * Khattak
 * Khizarkhel
 * Khakwani
 * Khudiadadzai
 * Khulozai
 * Kuchis
 * Kundi
 * Loharani (khel)
 * Lohani (Rohani)
 * Lodhi
 * Maghdud Khel
 * Mahmud Khel
 * Mahsud
 * Mamund
 * Marwat
 * Mashwani
 * Musakhel
 * Miana
 * Mandokhel
 * Niazi
 * Noorzai
 * Orakzai
 * Popalzai
 * Panni (Balailzai)
 * Rouhani
 * Swati
 * Sadduzai
 * Salarzai
 * Sarbani
 * Shilmani
 * Shirani
 * Sulemani
 * Sulemankhel
 * Sur
 * Tani
 * Tareen
 * Tarkani
 * Tokhi
 * Turkhel
 * Umarzai
 * Uthman khel
 * Wazir
 * Wur
 * Yousafzai
 * Yusaf Khel
 * Zimri

Iranian ancestral names

 * Ansari
 * Bukhari
 * Chishti
 * Fareedi
 * Firdausi
 * Gardezi
 * Ghazali
 * Gilani
 * Hamadani
 * Hameed
 * Isfahani
 * Jafari
 * Jalali
 * Jamshidi
 * Kashani
 * Kermani
 * Askari
 * Mirza
 * Montazeri
 * Muker
 * Nishapuri
 * Noorani
 * Pirzada
 * Qadiri
 * Qizilbash
 * Razavi
 * Reza
 * Rizvi
 * 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
 * Farooqi
 * Ghazali
 * Hashmi
 * Hassan
 * Hussain
 * Hussaini
 * Hyder
 * Hyderi
 * Idrisi
 * Jafari
 * Kazmi
 * Khagga
 * Makhdoom
 * Mousavi
 * Masood
 * Naqvi
 * Najafi
 * Osmani
 * Qazi
 * Rizvi
 * Sadat
 * Saeed
 * Saifi
 * Sajjadi
 * Salehi
 * Sayyid
 * Shaikh
 * Siddiqui
 * Taqvi
 * Tirmizi
 * Turabi
 * Usmani
 * Wasti
 * Zubairi
 * Zaidi

Turkic ancestral names

 * Agha
 * Baig
 * Barlas
 * Effendi
 * Gul
 * Mirza
 * Mughal
 * Pasha
 * Tanoli