Ghumman (surname)

For other uses of "Ghuman", see Ghuman (disambiguation).

Ghumman or Ghuman is a Jat clan of Punjabis, found in Pakistan and India, mainly in Sialkot, Jhelum, Gujranwala, Daska and some other districts of Punjab, Pakistan.

Ghumman
Jāti	Jat
Religions	Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism
Languages	Punjabi
Country	Pakistan, India
Region	Punjab
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Family names	yes

In India, they are found in Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Tarn taran districts of Majha Punjab, India.^[1][2][3]

Notable people with this surname

• Muhammad Ilyas Ghuman (born 1969), Pakistani cleric
• Azeem Ghumman (born 1991), Pakistani cricketer
• Kapur Singh Ghuman (1927–1986), Indian writer and theatre actor
• Varinder Singh Ghuman (born 1983/84), Indian bodybuilder and wrestler
• General Mohan Singh ( Founder of Indian national army)

References

1. "The People of District Jhelum (scroll down to read Castes & Clans - (Ghumman)". Government of the Punjab website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
2. Grewal, J.S.; Banga, I. (1997). Five Punjabi Centuries: Policy, Economy, Society, and Culture, C. 1500-1990 : Essays for J.S. Grewal. p. 408. ISBN 978-81-7304-175-4 – via University of Michigan Library (digitized 3 September 2008). In the Bari Doab there were Jat clans like Sekhon, Chahal, Randhawa, Bajwa, Virk, Varaich, Ghumman...
3. Imran Rashid Bhindar (2018). Ghumman Jat. Lulu.com. p. 27. ISBN 9781642547917.

External links

• Jat (caste) on Encyclopedia Britannica