List of Pakistani family names

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See also: Pakistani name

Pakistani surnames are basically divided in three categories: Arab naming convention, tribal names and ancestral names.

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[edit] Tribal Names

The following are some of the tribal names in Pakistan.

[edit] Baloch tribal names

[edit] Kashmiri tribal names

[edit] Pashtun tribal names

[edit] Punjabi tribal names

[edit] Sindhi tribal names

People of Sindh who have lived in Sindh since written record are considered Soomros'.. Most others are Balochi or Arabic in descent.

[edit] Ancestral Names

The following are some of ancestral names in Pakistan.

[edit] Arab ancestral names

Arain

Āwān

[edit] Iranian ancestral names

[edit] Turkish ancestral names

[edit] See also