Behind the Name: Sindhi Submitted SurnamesSindhi Submitted Surnamesisis notis any ofis not any ofis all of AfghaniAfricanAfrican AmericanAfrikaansAkanAlbanianAmharicAncientAncient ArmenianAncient CelticAncient EgyptianAncient GermanicAncient GreekAncient IrishAncient Near EasternAncient PersianAncient RomanAncient ScandinavianAnglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon MythologyArabicArmenianArmenian MythologyAssameseAstronomyAymaraAzerbaijaniAztecAztec and Toltec MythologyBabylonianBaltic MythologyBashkirBasqueBasque MythologyBelarusianBembaBengaliBerberBiblicalBiblical GreekBiblical HebrewBiblical LatinBosnianBretonBulgarianBurmeseCatalanCeltic MythologyCentral AfricanChechenCherokeeChewaChineseChuvashCopticCornishCorsicanCreeCroatianCzechDanishDutchEast FrisianEastern AfricanEgyptian MythologyElamite MythologyEnglishEsperantoEstonianEtruscan MythologyFar Eastern MythologyFaroeseFilipinoFinnishFinnish MythologyFlemishFrenchFrisianGalicianGandaGeorgianGeorgian MythologyGermanGermanic MythologyGreekGreek MythologyGreenlandicGujaratiHawaiianHebrewHindiHinduismHistoryHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIjawIndianIndian (Sikh)Indigenous AustralianIndonesianInterlinguaInuitInuit MythologyIrishIrish MythologyItalianJapaneseJapanese MythologyJewishJudeo-Christian LegendJudeo-SpanishKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKorean MythologyKurdishKyrgyzLaoLate GreekLate RomanLatvianLimburgishLiteratureLithuanianLow GermanLuoLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseManxMaoriMarathiMayanMayan MythologyMedievalMedieval EnglishMelanesianMicronesianMohawkMongolianMormonMythologyNahuatlNative AmericanNear Eastern MythologyNepaliNew World MythologyNorse MythologyNorth FrisianNorwegianOccitanOdiaOneidaPakistaniPashtoPersianPersian MythologyPhoenicianPolishPolynesianPolynesian MythologyPopular CulturePortuguesePortuguese (Brazilian)ProvençalPunjabiQuechuaRoman MythologyRomanianRomanshRundiRussianRwandanSamiSami MythologySamoanScandinavianScottishSenecaSerbianSerbo-CroatianShonaSindhiSinhaleseSiouxSlavic MythologySlovakSloveneSomaliSorbianSouthern AfricanSpanishSpanish (Latin American)SwahiliSwaziSwedishTajikTamilTasmanian AboriginalTatarTeluguThaiTheologyTibetanTswanaTurkishTurkmenUkrainianUrduUrhoboUyghurUzbekVariousVietnameseWalloonWelshWelsh MythologyWest FrisianWestern AfricanWolofXhosaYiddishYorubaYupikZulu?(Modern)(Rare)(Archaic)ADVANI Pakistani, Sindhi, IndianSindhi Hindu surname meaning "descendant of Adu", most likely referring to the name of a past ancestor.ARORA Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh), SindhiHindu and Sikh name derived from اروهڙ (Aror), the name of the former capital of Sindh, India (now a part of Pakistan and known as روهڙي (Rohri)). The name itself is derived from the Hindi and Punjabi Aur meaning "someone else", used by the past Aroras to escape persecution.QURESHI Muslim, Pakistani, Urdu, Sindhi, Indian (Muslim)From the name قريش‎‎ (qurayš), referring to the Quraysh mercantile tribe that historically controlled the city of Mecca in present-day Saudi Arabia.SHAIKH Indian (Muslim), Pakistani, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali (Muslim), Marathi, MuslimVariant of Sheikh.
