List of Punjabi Muslim tribes

Following is a list of Punjabi Muslim tribes, castes and surnames, mainly those with origins in Punjab, Pakistan. Note that some of these may have a significant non-Muslim population.

A

• Arain^[1]
• Awan^[2]
• Alpial
• Ansari

B

• Bajwa
• Bangial
• Bharwana
• Bhatti^[3]
• Bhutta
• Budhal

C

• Chattha
• Cheema

• D
• Daulatana
• Dhandla
• Dhania
• Dogar^[3]

G

• Gakhar^[4]
• Gaur
• Gujjar^[5]
• Ghumman
• Gondal^[3]

J

• Janjua^[4]
• Jaswal
• Jat^[5]
• Joyia^[3]
• Jodhra

H

• Hans^[3]

K

• Kamboh^[6]
• Kathia
• Khagga
• Khandowa
• Khar^[3]
• Kharal^[3]
• Khatri^[7]
• Khattar^[8]
• Khokhar^[3]

L

• Langrial
• Langah
• Lali

M

• Minhas
• Malhi
• Mighiana

N

• Nagral
• Nayyar
• Noon

P

• Paracha
• Pachhada

R

• Ranjha
• Randhawa
• Rajput^[5]
• Ranghar^[5]
• Ramay

S

• Sandhu
• Satti
• Sekhon
• Shaikh
• Sial^[3]
• Sipra
• Salara
• Sukhera

T

• Tarar
• Tiwanas^[4]
• Thaheem

V

• Virk

W

• Wahla
• Warraich
• Wattoo^[3]

References

1. Koul, Ashish (2016). "Making new Muslim Arains: reform and social mobility in colonial Punjab, 1890s-1910s". South Asian History and Culture. 8 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1080/19472498.2016.1260348. ISSN 1947-2498.
2. Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (2022), "Awan", Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5
3. Eaton, Richard Maxwell (2000). "The Political and Religious Authority of the Shrine of Baba Farid in Pak-pattan, Punjab". Essays on Islam and Indian history. New Delhi ; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-0-19-565114-0.
4. Tan, Tai Yong (2005). The Garrison State: The Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab 1849–1947. Sage. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-7619-3336-6.
5. Mazumder, Rajit K. (2003). The Indian Army and the Making of Punjab. Orient Blackswan. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-81-7824-059-6.
6. Ali, Imran (2014). The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947. Princeton University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4008-5958-0.
7. McLane, John R. (2002). Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-52654-8.
8. Bose, Sumantra (2018). Secular States, Religious Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-1-108-47203-6.