Bukhari (surname)

Bukhari (بخاري), also spelled as Bokhari, Bukhary and Bukhori, is a common surname in Central and Western Asia, meaning "from Bukhara" (in today Uzbekistan). Its Arabic version Al-Bukhari (Arabic: البخاري‎) was also used in the medieval Islamic world as a nisbat (a specifier which is added at the end of names). The most known Al-Bukhari is Muhammad Ibn Ismail al-Bukhari. Another prominent personality is Hazrat Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari

The list includes:

• Muhammad Ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, editor of 'Sahih Bukhari, the book of Hadith
• Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Muslim scholar and orator
• Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, founder of the Naqshbandi tariqa
• Patras Bokhari, Pakistani humorist and diplomat
• Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, Malaysian businessman
• The Bokhary family of Hong Kong:
  • Daoud Bokhary, retired businessman
  • Kemal Bokhary, Hong Kong judge
  • Amina Mariam Bokhary, Hong Kong resident, niece of Kemal Bokhary
• Admiral Fasih Bokhari, former Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistani navy
• Shahid Bokhari, Pakistani computer scientist
• Naeem Bokhari, Pakistani lawyer and television personality
• Adnan Bukhari, Saudi man incorrectly reported as September 11 hijacker
• Ameer Bukhari, Saudi man incorrectly reported as September 11 hijacker