Sikh Surnames
Clans
These often reflect the profession or caste of the family. There are two broad categories: Jat (jut) and Khat(t)ri (kh – schwa – t – r – long e). Jats are historically land-owners, farmers or warriors. Khatris are historically merchants or, less commonly, warriors. Although someone with the last name ‘Khatter’, a derivative of Khatri, could be part of the Arora clan, this does not necessarily form part of the legal name.
| Jat(Zat/Jutt) | land-owners/farmers | not surname? |
| Aroras | merchants/businessmen | fairly common surname |
| Khattris/Khatters | warriors, can be merchants | subsection of Arora surname |
Surnames
| Agarwal | Agroia | Ahluwalia | Ahuja | Anand | Arakoni |
| Arneja | Arora | Attariwala | Attwal | Atwal | Aujla |
| Aulakh | Ayer | Badyal | Bagha | Bahia | Bains |
| Bajwa | Bal | Balil | Balli | Banga | Bansal |
| Banwait | Barmi | Barn | Basra | Basrai | Bassi |
| Batra | Bawa | Baweja | Beasley | Bedi | Beesla |
| Bhachu | Bhambra | Bhangu | Bhardwaj | Bhasin | Bhatia |
| Bhatti | Bhaura | Bhudraja | Bhuppal | Birdi | Bisla |
| Boparai | Brar | Brara | Chadha | Chaha | Chahal |
| Chahall | Chahil | Chana | Chand | Chandha | Chattha |
| Chaudhari | Chaudhary | Chawla | Cheema | Chhugani | Chima |
| Chohan | Chopra | Daire | Dale | Dalel | Dambria |
| Das | Dass | Datta | Denhoy | Deol | Dhaliwal |
| Dhami | Dhamija | Dhanoa | Dhariwal | Dhillon | Dhudwal |
| Dindral | Doabia | Dosanjh | Dua | Gala | Gandhi |
| Garcha | Ghag | Ghai | Ghuman | Gill | Girgla |
| Gogia | Grewal | Gugral | Gujral | Gupta | Gurai |
| Heer | Hira | Hora | Hothi | Hundal | Jaggi |
| Jagur | Jammu | Janda | Japra | Jethani | Jhuti |
| Johal | Johar | Johl | Judge | Kaal | Kahlon |
| Kaila | Kalirai | Kalra | Kals | Kang | Kapani |
| Kapoor | Kasal | Kattaura | Khahera | Khaira | Khalsa |
| Khangura | Khanna | Khatri | Khatter | Khattqr | Khattri |
| Kler | Kohli | Kooner | Lal | Lalli | Lally |
| Laungani | Lell | Loey | Mahal | Mahmi | Malhan |
| Malhi | Mann | Mansukhani | Maroke | Matharu | Mattu |
| Maude | Mirchandani | Multani | Mundra | Nagra | Nahal |
| Narindra | Nayyar | Nijjar | Pabley | Padda | Pahwa |
| Pal | Pannu | Panu | Patiala | Pind | Prewal |
| Ragi | Rahul | Rai | Raj | Raja | Ram |
| Rama | Rana | Randhawa | Rani | Rao | Rattu |
| Reel | Rekhi | Sabdhu | Sabharwal | Sachdev | Sachdeva |
| Sagoo | Sahni | Sahota | Sambhi | Samra | Samran |
| Sandhar | Sandhu | Sangha | Sanghera | Sarang | Sarkaria |
| Sawhney | Sekhon | Sethi | Shah | Shahraj | Sharma |
| Shergill | Shindi | Siddhu | Sidhu | Sihota | Sikand |
| Sodhi | Sohal | Sohota | Sokhey | Sra | Sran |
| Sudan | Sukhija | Sull | Sutantar | Takhar | Takkar |
| Talib | Thakkar | Thakkur | Thiara | Thind | Tind |
| Tjinder? | Toor | Tur | Uppal | Virdee | Virk |
| Wahlia | Walia | Waraich | Warwaha |