Most Common Surnames in Punjab, With Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Punjab

Forebears knows about 12,302 unique surnames in Punjab and there are 2,252 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in India
1	Singh	11,425,172	1:2	32.80%	2
2	Kaur	7,902,941	1:3	83.36%	5
3	Kumar	636,171	1:40	2.04%	3
4	Devi	626,162	1:41	0.89%	1
5	Ram	500,705	1:51	6.93%	6
6	Rani	354,915	1:72	17.76%	41
7	Lal	310,089	1:82	5.47%	9
8	Chand	204,905	1:124	10.70%	45
9	Bai	177,136	1:143	3.32%	10
10	Sharma	158,568	1:160	3.16%	14
11	Masih	142,588	1:178	89.83%	434
12	Raj	126,310	1:201	13.08%	81
13	Pal	109,238	1:233	3.68%	23
14	Kumari	84,805	1:300	1.28%	8
15	Khan	68,421	1:371	1.50%	17
16	Gupta	50,706	1:501	1.79%	25
17	Arora	48,672	1:522	18.96%	294
18	Dass	43,944	1:578	40.08%	611
19	Garg	37,689	1:674	17.84%	346
20	Kour	36,298	1:700	9.36%	206
21	Goyal	31,914	1:796	13.17%	307
22	Bibi	31,495	1:807	1.14%	27
23	Parkash	30,717	1:827	12.17%	298
24	Bansal	30,418	1:836	17.79%	410
25	Das	30,208	1:841	0.27%	4
26	Verma	29,595	1:859	4.84%	127
27	Singla	28,862	1:881	71.85%	1,490
28	Bala	28,622	1:888	6.02%	167
29	Mahajan	27,590	1:921	9.54%	272
30	Sandhu	26,917	1:944	62.11%	1,400
31	Jain	26,528	1:958	2.81%	83
32	Gill	26,258	1:968	69.72%	1,572
33	Nath	26,049	1:976	2.13%	63
34	Saini	26,034	1:976	6.92%	211
35	Sidhu	22,338	1:1,138	76.70%	1,980
36	Thakur	21,411	1:1,187	1.18%	50
37	Aggarwal	21,007	1:1,210	11.79%	396
38	Kapoor	17,580	1:1,446	14.81%	571
39	Rana	16,009	1:1,588	1.71%	86
40	Rai	15,157	1:1,677	1.95%	98
41	Jindal	15,067	1:1,687	35.27%	1,414
41	Sood	15,067	1:1,687	41.81%	1,647
43	Begam	14,393	1:1,766	0.61%	29
44	Dhillon	14,154	1:1,796	75.37%	2,863
45	Brar	13,720	1:1,852	84.65%	3,276
46	Chander	13,660	1:1,861	15.23%	720
47	Mittal	13,571	1:1,873	12.03%	602
48	Mehra	13,481	1:1,885	20.28%	947
49	Khanna	13,316	1:1,909	14.22%	694
50	Bhatia	13,271	1:1,915	16.62%	812
51	Dhiman	13,197	1:1,926	27.55%	1,292
52	Malhotra	12,867	1:1,975	15.46%	765
53	Chopra	11,895	1:2,137	21.83%	1,152
54	Krishan	11,670	1:2,178	14.70%	818
55	Bhardwaj	11,296	1:2,250	12.52%	717
56	Puri	10,788	1:2,356	9.39%	593
57	Kaushal	9,875	1:2,574	22.16%	1,370
58	Grewal	9,680	1:2,626	72.17%	3,909
59	Chawla	9,501	1:2,675	16.66%	1,106
60	Sethi	9,486	1:2,679	4.36%	332
61	Walia	9,396	1:2,705	43.90%	2,564
62	Mehta	9,291	1:2,735	2.79%	236
63	Dhaliwal	9,127	1:2,785	86.62%	4,940
64	Sachdeva	8,723	1:2,914	23.44%	1,594
65	Deep	8,543	1:2,975	26.95%	1,832
66	Chauhan	8,513	1:2,985	0.53%	53
67	Grover	8,483	1:2,996	26.54%	1,815
68	Joshi	8,334	1:3,050	1.51%	144
69	Ali	8,304	1:3,061	0.16%	13
70	Sehgal	8,124	1:3,128	25.73%	1,837
71	Bedi	7,840	1:3,242	32.65%	2,332
72	Kishan	7,825	1:3,248	5.55%	484
73	Randhawa	7,735	1:3,286	75.49%	5,073
74	Dev	7,586	1:3,350	2.79%	282
75	Goel	7,496	1:3,390	9.26%	798
76	Saroop	7,077	1:3,591	85.68%	6,158
77	Chhabra	6,912	1:3,677	20.39%	1,742
78	Kalra	6,868	1:3,700	19.23%	1,663
79	Ahuja	6,823	1:3,725	9.36%	875
79	Dhawan	6,823	1:3,725	29.50%	2,414
81	Bajaj	6,658	1:3,817	9.86%	935
82	Davi	6,583	1:3,861	11.82%	1,127
83	Kha	6,553	1:3,878	3.18%	353
84	Yadav	6,538	1:3,887	0.09%	7
85	Bhalla	6,359	1:3,997	17.49%	1,630
86	Dogra	6,329	1:4,016	18.81%	1,748
87	Anand	6,314	1:4,025	4.21%	459
87	Khurana	6,314	1:4,025	13.35%	1,305
89	Soni	6,284	1:4,044	1.34%	170
90	Mann	6,239	1:4,074	49.07%	4,113
91	Kuar	6,090	1:4,173	20.31%	1,926
92	Din	6,045	1:4,204	2.86%	345
93	Kashyap	5,716	1:4,446	3.01%	382
94	Kalia	5,656	1:4,493	41.74%	3,877
95	Bhullar	5,506	1:4,616	77.24%	7,040
96	Chaudhary	5,431	1:4,680	0.61%	88
97	Chahal	5,297	1:4,798	43.46%	4,300
98	Preet	5,162	1:4,923	72.11%	7,009
99	Pathania	5,147	1:4,938	52.33%	5,283

100	Bawa	5,132	1:4,952	51.25%	5,194
100	Dhingra	5,132	1:4,952	23.67%	2,534
102	Kohli	5,087	1:4,996	14.85%	1,726
102	Nagpal	5,087	1:4,996	17.78%	2,010
102	Sodhi	5,087	1:4,996	43.00%	4,416
105	Mishra	4,952	1:5,132	0.26%	44
106	Rajput	4,937	1:5,148	2.69%	391
107	Batra	4,908	1:5,178	12.49%	1,514
107	Cheema	4,908	1:5,178	73.58%	7,484
109	Narang	4,863	1:5,226	15.30%	1,828
110	Bhagat	4,818	1:5,275	0.72%	115
110	Choudhary	4,818	1:5,275	1.21%	198
112	Bajwa	4,803	1:5,291	72.94%	7,578
113	Bhandari	4,743	1:5,358	1.96%	308
114	Dhir	4,668	1:5,445	21.98%	2,585
114	Sekhon	4,668	1:5,445	84.52%	8,867
116	Gautam	4,593	1:5,533	1.97%	313
117	Kamboj	4,578	1:5,552	20.31%	2,465
118	Bhatti	4,563	1:5,570	37.48%	4,301
119	Uppal	4,519	1:5,624	30.98%	3,599
120	Mohammed	4,489	1:5,662	0.62%	106
121	Lata	4,474	1:5,681	1.45%	254
122	Signh	4,459	1:5,700	71.17%	7,919
123	Handa	4,444	1:5,719	21.38%	2,636
123	Kansal	4,444	1:5,719	24.81%	2,993
125	Mohan	4,414	1:5,758	1.39%	249
126	Paul	4,384	1:5,797	0.76%	134
127	Pyari	4,294	1:5,919	3.61%	570
127	Wadhwa	4,294	1:5,919	20.37%	2,603
129	Kalsi	4,234	1:6,003	46.81%	5,684
129	Seth	4,234	1:6,003	2.35%	393
131	Piyari	4,219	1:6,024	29.27%	3,642
132	Kakkar	4,189	1:6,067	27.70%	3,491
133	Chadha	4,144	1:6,133	18.69%	2,495
133	Tiwari	4,144	1:6,133	0.67%	123
135	Dutt	4,130	1:6,154	5.17%	813
136	Maan	4,010	1:6,338	47.96%	6,082
137	Mohamad	3,995	1:6,362	16.75%	2,345
138	Shah	3,905	1:6,508	0.38%	73
139	Madaan	3,890	1:6,533	44.06%	5,792
140	Nayyar	3,860	1:6,584	32.83%	4,444
141	Makkar	3,845	1:6,610	42.37%	5,668
141	Virk	3,845	1:6,610	67.57%	8,616
143	Gulati	3,800	1:6,688	9.04%	1,428
143	Kataria	3,800	1:6,688	21.57%	3,039
145	Mohammad	3,770	1:6,741	0.69%	145
145	Talwar	3,770	1:6,741	21.07%	2,999
147	Malik	3,741	1:6,794	0.28%	61
148	Duggal	3,726	1:6,821	30.01%	4,216
148	Monga	3,726	1:6,821	38.24%	5,319
150	Koar	3,711	1:6,849	96.02%	11,931
151	Nanda	3,681	1:6,904	3.04%	561
152	Sohal	3,666	1:6,933	40.32%	5,657
153	Narula	3,636	1:6,990	20.65%	3,040
154	Pandey	3,621	1:7,019	0.35%	76
155	Deen	3,606	1:7,048	6.30%	1,102
156	Marwaha	3,546	1:7,167	61.26%	8,489
157	Rattan	3,531	1:7,198	50.06%	7,099
158	Bains	3,456	1:7,354	64.06%	9,057
159	Jaswal	3,441	1:7,386	36.47%	5,478
159	Partap	3,441	1:7,386	28.72%	4,360
161	Sing	3,426	1:7,418	0.54%	122
162	Sngh	3,396	1:7,484	80.53%	11,108
163	Ghai	3,381	1:7,517	27.63%	4,282
164	Bharti	3,322	1:7,651	1.46%	321
164	Juneja	3,322	1:7,651	16.61%	2,713
164	Sahni	3,322	1:7,651	0.85%	201
167	Khosla	3,307	1:7,685	23.02%	3,652
168	Pathak	3,292	1:7,720	0.74%	177
169	Sahota	3,232	1:7,864	69.25%	10,213
170	Gandhi	3,172	1:8,012	2.03%	439
170	Sareen	3,172	1:8,012	40.17%	6,397
172	Sigh	3,157	1:8,050	46.69%	7,380
173	Bhai	3,142	1:8,089	4.38%	886
173	Gir	3,142	1:8,089	16.56%	2,829
175	Asra	3,082	1:8,246	51.84%	8,285
176	Parmar	3,052	1:8,327	2.83%	618
177	Dutta	3,037	1:8,368	0.31%	79
178	Dua	3,022	1:8,410	12.98%	2,400
179	Akur	3,007	1:8,452	95.86%	14,240
180	Ji	2,992	1:8,494	3.75%	811
180	Tandon	2,992	1:8,494	14.14%	2,595
182	Aulakh	2,977	1:8,537	76.14%	11,822