Khurmi (surname)

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Khurmi ( ਖੁਰਮੀ ) is clan of Khatris (mostly Ramgarhia, Mair Rajputs as well as Kamboj) spread over North-Western India, mainly Punjab.

Most of them (but not all) are engaged in goldsmithry.^[1] Their origin, like all such clans which are Khatris (Ramgarhias and Lohars)

Before they adopted this peaceful profession they were skilled weapon makers and for the most part mercenaries who could be engaged from either side to fight. The word Khurmi owes its origin to Khur or the horse-hoof, a sad reminder of the restriction laid upon them (out of strategic concern) from riding horses by warlords who hired them.^[2]

During the long struggle against Mughal tyranny in last centuries most of them embraced Sikhism.

References

v t e Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of the Punjab

Agrawal	Airan Bansal Dharan Garg Goenka Goyal Gupta Jindal Kansal Mudgal Mangal Mittal Nangal Singhal Singla

Arains	Choudhry Ghurki Mian Mehar Ramay Dhankhar

Aroras	List of Arora subgroups

Brahmins	Punjabi Brahmins Saraswat Brahmins Bali Chhibber Datt Lau Mohan Mohyal Pathak Sharma

Scheduled Castes	Punjabi Dalits Chamar Chura Mazhabi Nanda Mirasi

Ahirs	Aheers Yaduvanshi Ahirs Ahirs Harals Ghosi Bhurtiya Aharwar Nirban Ranghar Dagar Dahiya

Gurjars	Gurjar Parihar Kasana Chechi Bagri Harsana Chavda Tomar Bhati Nanda Chauhan Solanki Mavi Nekadi Nagari Baisla

Jats	Matharu Bains Virdi Bajwa Basra Beniwal Bhullar Birring Dhankhar Bhullar Chahal Chatha Cheema Chohan Dhaka Dhillon Dhaliwal Dhindsa Dhothar Ghuman Gill Gondal Goraya Grewal Heer Khokhar Maan Patlan Ponwar Randhawa Sandhu Saharan Sehgal Sidhu Sial Sodhi Sohal Virk Sanghera Wahla Sahi Nanda Balhara.

Labana	Datla Ghotra Labana Lohana Narowal Nanda

Khatris	Babbar Bedi Bhasin Bindra Chopra Dhawan Duggal Ghai Khukhrain Kapoor Khanna Kohli Malhotra Malik Nanda Nayar Oberoi Puri Roshan Sabharwal Sahni Sehgal Sekhri Sethi Sodhi Suri Talwar Tandon Thapar Tuli Vohra

Rajputs	Hunjan Hun Manhas Bais Butta Bhakral Bhatti Candel Chattar Chib Chauhan Doad Dhulia Deora Gohil Jamwal Janjua Jappa Mair Manj Mekan Naroo Nauls Noon Parmar Panwar Prasad Pundir Puni Ranawat Rawat Ranial Rathore Saharan Sulehria Shaktawat Solangi Sohlan Sisodia Tuar Thakial Varya

Tarkhans	Bhambra Jandu Panesar Rooprai Rayat Rupal Ramgharia Sohal

Sayyid	Gardezi Hashemi

Chhimba	Bedi Dhami Gandhi Jassar Kapoor Kakkar Kairon Khanna Trehan

Others	Bakarwal Bania Bishnois Kamboj Khateek Kumhars Sansi

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