Matharu

Matharu or Matharoo is an Jatt surname. Matharus were fierce warriors especially during, the time when the Matharu tribe, had converted to Sikhism; they fought numbers of wars for Guru Gobind Singh, Banda Singh Bahadur and Jassa Singh.

'Matharu' or Matharoo (ਮਠਾੜੂ in Gurmukhī script) is a prominent Sikh clan belonging to the Jatt Sikh tribe.

Origin
Sir Denzil Ibbetson counted the Matharus as one of the major Jatt tribes of the Punjab and the Northwest Frontier Province, centred in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Lahore, Mohali and Ludhiana.

Matharu Jatts are dominant in some villages of Punjab including Jattana, Chounkimaan, Nakodar and areas around Moga. Matharus are widely known as successful landowning farmers through Punjab today. Matharus claiming ancestry are found in Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Patiala and Ludhiana districts.

Variants
Variant forms of the name include Matharoo, Matharu, Matharo, Mathru and Matroo. Matharu’s live in Canada, India, U.K., USA etc.

Surname

 * 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