# 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.

## 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
* Qaisrani
* 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
* Raja
* Ranjha
* Roy
* Sahi clan
* Sangha
* Sanghera
* Satti
* Sehgal
* Sukhera
* Sethi
* Sheikh
* Shanzay
* Sial
* Siddiqui
* Sidhu
* Sandhu
* Shah
* Sirki
* 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
* Rahimoon
* Rathore
* Roonjho/Runjho
* Rind (Baloch)
* Samma
* Shah
* Shaikh
* Soho
* Shoro
* Sathio
* Shujra
* 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
* 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
* Kermani
* kiani|kai|kiyani|gakhar
* 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
* Masood
* Naqvi
* Najafi
* Osmani
* Qazi
* Qidwai
* 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