Browse Rishta Communities in Gujrat
Every sect, caste and clan we support, organized by category. Tap any community to see dedicated rishta, groom, bride, marriage and nikah pages.
Islamic Sects
Religious orientation shapes daily practice, and many families in Gujrat look for a match who shares it.
Barelvi
Barelvi is the dominant Sunni school specifically within Punjab, rooted in devotion to the Prophet and reveren...
Deobandi
Deobandi is a significant reformist Sunni tradition in Punjab, built around an extensive network of madrassas ...
Ahl-e-Hadith (Salafi)
Ahl-e-Hadith, also called Salafi, is a smaller and more scripture-focused Sunni orientation that avoids follow...
Shia (Twelver / Ithna Ashari)
Roughly a tenth of Punjab's Muslims follow Twelver Shia Islam, with notable concentrations in Lahore, Jhang, M...
Ismaili (Nizari)
Ismaili Nizari is a smaller, historically urban Muslim community that follows the Aga Khan, with an establishe...
Sunni
Sunni Islam accounts for the large majority of Punjab's Muslims, spanning the Barelvi, Deobandi and Ahl-e-Hadi...
Ashraf Families — Syed, Sheikh & Mughal Lines
Families who trace descent from the Prophet's household, early Islamic Caliphs, or Central Asian settlers.
Syed
Syed families trace descent directly to the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and son-in-law Ali. A...
Sheikh
Sheikh is both an honorific historically claimed by families of Arab descent and a title adopted by generation...
Mughal
Mughal families in Punjab and Sindh descend from Central Asian Timurid and Turco-Mongol settlers. The Chughtai...
Qureshi
Qureshi families claim descent from the Prophet's own Quraysh tribe of Makkah. In parts of Punjab, including G...
Ansari (Julaha)
Ansari is today one of the most common caste-surnames in Punjab. Historically called Julaha, it was one of the...
Bukhari
Bukhari Syeds trace their line to Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari of Bukhara, and are among Punjab's most promin...
Gilani (Gillani)
The Gilani family descends from the renowned Sufi saint Abdul Qadir Gilani, founder of the Qadiri order, and r...
Gardezi
Gardezi Syeds trace their origins to the city of Gardez in Afghanistan and have been long established in and a...
Naqvi
Naqvi is a Husseini Syed branch tracing to Ali al-Hadi, found across both Shia and Sunni Syed communities in P...
Rizvi
Rizvi families are a Husseini Syed branch tracing their lineage to Imam Ali al-Ridha, respected across Punjab'...
Zaidi
Zaidi Syeds trace their descent to Zayd ibn Ali, grandson of Imam Husayn, and are recognised as one of the wel...
Kazmi
Kazmi families trace their lineage to Imam Musa al-Kazim, and are found in Syed communities across Punjab.
Tirmizi
Tirmizi Syeds take their name from the historic city of Termez in modern-day Uzbekistan.
Siddiqui
Siddiqui families trace their descent to Abu Bakr, the first Caliph of Islam, and are found in significant num...
Farooqi
Farooqi families trace their descent to Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam.
Usmani
Usmani families trace their descent to Uthman ibn Affan, the third Caliph of Islam.
Abbasi
Abbasi families trace their descent to Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet's uncle.
Khawaja Sheikh (Chinioti)
The Khawaja Sheikh community, closely associated with Chiniot, is one of Punjab's most urbanised Sheikh groups...
Qanungoh Sheikh
Qanungoh Sheikh is a smaller Sheikh community historically associated with administrative and land record-keep...
Chughtai
Chughtai is the largest and most widespread Mughal clan across Punjab and Sindh, tracing its name to Chagatai ...
Barlas
The Barlas clan traces to the line of Timur (Tamerlane) and has historically been concentrated around Lahore, ...
Qazilbash
The Qazilbash are a Shia community descended from Persian and Turkic military elites, distinct from most other...
Turkmen
Turkmen families form a smaller Mughal-associated community found across parts of Punjab.
Pothohar Mughal Tribes (Gheba, Kassar, Phaphra, Satti)
The Gheba, Kassar, Phaphra and Satti tribes are Pothohar-region agricultural communities that trace their desc...
Jat / Jutt Clans
Punjab's largest agricultural community, deeply rooted across Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sialkot.
Jat / Jutt
Jat, also spelled Jutt, families formed the single largest group among Punjab's Muslims under British rule and...
Warraich
Warraich is one of the largest single Jat clans in Punjab, heavily concentrated in Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sial...
Cheema
Cheema is a very large Jat clan centred on Gujranwala and Sialkot, with a strong and continuing presence in Pa...
Bajwa
Bajwa is one of the most populous Jat names in Punjab, widespread across Sialkot and Gujranwala districts, clo...
Gill
Gill is one of the largest Jat clans overall, found broadly across central and northern Punjab.
Sandhu
Sandhu is a large Jat clan spread through central and southern Punjab districts.
Tarar
Tarar is historically one of the ten largest Jat clans, concentrated around Gujrat and Hafizabad.
Khokhar
Khokhar is a large clan with roots recorded as far back as early Punjab history. Like several other clan names...
Kharal
Kharal is a historically significant Bar (upland) tribe of the Sahiwal/Montgomery region, with a strong pre-co...
Gujjar Clans
A pastoralist-heritage community especially dense across the Potohar plateau and Gujrat district.
Gujjar
Gujjar families trace a pastoralist background and today form one of Punjab's largest communities, especially ...
Khatana
Khatana is the single largest Gujjar clan in Pakistan, concentrated in Jhelum and across the Potohar plateau.
Paswal (Poswal)
Paswal is the second most numerous Gujjar clan in the Potohar region, alongside Khatana, Chauhan and Kalas.
Chauhan
Chauhan is a major clan present across Jhelum District and into Azad Kashmir, and — like Khokhar — is a name s...
Kalas
Kalas is a prominent Jhelum-area Gujjar clan; a Kalas leader, Sultan Ali, is noted in the 1857 uprising.
Chechi
Chechi is one of the oldest-recorded Gujjar clans in British-era Punjab gazetteers.
Gorsi
Gorsi is notable as the clan of Chaudhry Rahmat Ali, credited with coining the name ‘Pakistan.’
Rajput Clans
Historic ruling and martial clans concentrated across the Potohar plateau.
Rajput
Rajput families are especially dominant across the Potohar plateau — Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal and Attock — ...
Janjua
Janjua is the historic ruling clan of the Salt Range, with sub-divisions including Dulal, Gaharwal, Jatal, Dha...
Bhatti
Bhatti is the most widespread Rajput clan in Punjab, with sub-divisions including Hattar, Gungal and Jodhra.
Gakhar (Ghakhar)
Gakhar families were historic rivals of the Janjua in the Rawalpindi/Jhelum area, and also carry the title ‘Ra...
Minhas
Minhas is an important Rajput clan in the eastern Potohar, with sub-divisions including Mair, Kanyal and Nagya...
Tiwana
Tiwana families of the Shahpur/Mianwali area were ranked alongside the Janjua as elite colonial-era cavalry re...
Noon
Noon is a smaller but politically prominent Rajput clan, whose members have included a former Prime Minister o...
Arain, Awan & Other Zamindar Communities
Punjab's other major landowning communities, each with its own regional heartland.
Arain
Arain is a large agricultural community especially dominant around Lahore, where it forms the single largest g...
Awan
Awan families trace their descent to Qutb Shah, linked in tribal tradition to Ali ibn Abi Talib, and are conce...
Kamboh
Kamboh is an agricultural community of central Punjab, historically close enough to the Arain that some famili...
Dogar
Dogar is a zamindar community historically associated with cattle-herding, found especially around Kasur, Pakp...
Baloch Tribes
Tribes of the Seraiki-speaking south, most tracing Rind origin along the Balochistan border.
Baloch
Baloch tribes dominate the Seraiki-speaking belt of southern Punjab along the Balochistan border — Dera Ghazi ...
Mazari
Mazari is based at Rojhan in Rajanpur District and has historically dominated Indus river trade in the area.
Leghari
Leghari is one of the largest Baloch tribes, with sub-clans including Haddiani, Aliani, Bughlani and Haibatani...
Khosa
Khosa is a politically prominent Dera Ghazi Khan tribe, whose members have included former Punjab governor Zul...
Lund (Tibbi & Sori)
Lund is split into two sub-tribes, Tibbi and Sori, both in Dera Ghazi Khan District.
Nutkani
Nutkani holds territory east toward the Indus, between the Khosa and Qaisrani tribes.
Artisan & Occupational Communities
Communities historically linked to a trade, an equal part of Punjab's social and religious fabric.
Lohar
Lohar families have traditionally worked as blacksmiths, an essential trade in every Punjabi village economy, ...
Tarkhan
Tarkhan families have traditionally worked as carpenters, a skilled trade passed down through generations.
Nai (Hajjam)
Nai families have traditionally served as barbers, historically also playing a trusted social role at weddings...
Dhobi
Dhobi families have traditionally worked as washermen, serving the wider village community.
Kumhar
Kumhar families have traditionally worked as potters, a craft still practised across rural Punjab.
Mirasi
Mirasi families have traditionally served as musicians and hereditary genealogists, historically keeping detai...
Machhi (Mallah)
Machhi families have traditionally worked as fishermen and boatmen along Punjab's rivers.
Qassab
Qassab families have traditionally worked as butchers, and some have in recent generations adopted the name Qu...