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Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Pages in category "Urdu-language surnames" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abid; Ahmad;
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name, [1] [2] which included names of specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or lands that they held, or, more generically, names that were derived from regional topographic features. [3]
Urdu-language surnames (49 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Pakistani origin" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Urdu-language surnames (49 P) Uyghur-language surnames (4 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. T. Tarafdar This page was ...
Due to western influence, appending rather than prefixing titles to given names has become more common. One notable exception is the title Khan, common in people of Pashtun origin, which has always been appended rather than prefixed to given names. There are several titles used in Pakistan and other Muslim countries.
Qureshi is a surname, common in some Muslim countries. It is a common surname in South Asia, especially in Pakistan (82%: 1,210,000, out of 1,470,000 worldwide), where it is the ninth most common surname. India has the second most (11%: 162,000).
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. [1] Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts of the world, but the origins of many placenames can be determined with a fair degree of certainty.