Trying to contribute a lil to this list I know it is against sikhism to have caste, and forgive me if i have offended anyone. I just got bored one day and wrote a list of all the Jatt(punjabi) surnames that i know of, some of them i am not too sure about???, please add to this list as i am sure there are others aujla, atwal, ark bajwa, benning, bassi imo non-jatts so XXX, bains, bhullar, bindra??? XXX khatri, basra, biriah, u missed Brar!!!! bhungal cheema, chahal, chadha XXX khatri, deol, dhaliwal, dhesi, dhanoa, dhillon, dosanjh, dhami imo XXX grewal, ghosal, gill, garcha, ghag, ghuman, gakhal?? U mean Ghakhar? They r XXX, another jatt family name: Guron hayer, johal kooner, kunkune, kang, khera, khella, kahlon lidder, lehil, lally???
I still don't know what Jatt last names are.So I looked it up and got: 'The Jat people (IAST: Jāṭ, Hindi: जाट, Punjabi: ਜੱਟ جٹ Jatt, Urdu: جاٹ), are an ethnic group of people 2 3 native to mainly the Punjab region 4 of Northern India and Pakistan that have attributes of an ethnic group, tribe and a people. Popularity of the Name. The name Jatt is ranked on the 23,222nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used. We estimate that there are at least 8800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Jatt has four characters.
Langah mann, mahal, mangat, malhi nijjar, nahal, nagra purewal, pooni, phagura Pannu rehal, randhawa, rana usually Rajputs use this surname sandhu, sekhon, sidhu, shergill, sahota, sohal i think XXX, somal, sanghera, sanghe??? Rajputs I think sarai, samra thiara, tarthaar, toor, thakar as in Thakur? uppall XXX khatri virk waraich soc.religion.sikhism is a moderated newsgroup. Post your articles to this newsgroup, or email them to Administrative contact address issoc.religion.sikhism is a moderated newsgroup.
Post your articlesto this newsgroup, or email them toAdministrative contact address isSunny Bains03.01.03 10:06. Bassi's are Jatts (From around Nakodar/Nurmahal)Uppal is an interesting one, I know Uppals that are Jatts too, atleastthey claim to be. Dhami also Jatt, Thakar (pronounced Tak-khar(d))Jatts. Sangha also Jatt - Most of them from villages aroundJandusingha Jal.
Ghosal (I think should really be Gossal) atleastthats how it is pronouncedSome names missing are:Hundal, Dharni, Rangi, Bhatti, Benipal (around Sahnewal Ludh. Distt),Sohi, Kler, Mundi, Powar/Puar, Mandher, Bhangoo (I think), Jhaj,Baidwan, Bala, Khara, Sahi, Salh, Chohan.I have relatives that are Chohan and they INSIST that they are Jattsand not Rajputs, so I've included them in the list above.cheers,-sunny.