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    Punjabi surnames

    39 surnames that come from Punjabi, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Singh, Sandhu, Dhillon.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Singh 260 116,749
    2 Sandhu 4,900 7,190
    3 Dhillon 6,346 5,371
    4 Sidhu 6,987 4,795
    5 Grewal 7,772 4,270
    6 Bhatti 8,430 3,919
    7 Saini 8,828 3,711
    8 Malhotra 10,046 3,206
    9 Dhaliwal 10,107 3,187
    10 Khanna 10,520 3,049
    11 Chopra 10,979 2,897
    12 Brar 12,476 2,488
    13 Cheema 12,312 2,525
    14 Chawla 13,612 2,226
    15 Randhawa 13,627 2,222
    16 Goel 13,660 2,216
    17 Ahuja 14,651 2,031
    18 Bajwa 14,876 1,990
    19 Puri 14,799 2,005
    20 Chahal 17,752 1,578
    21 Kapur 19,062 1,428
    22 Sahota 19,223 1,412
    23 Bajaj 19,567 1,379
    24 Khalsa 19,716 1,366
    25 Sehgal 21,034 1,250
    26 Sekhon 21,288 1,231
    27 Kalra 21,429 1,220
    28 Virk 21,790 1,193
    29 Khurana 21,960 1,182
    30 Bhalla 23,065 1,108
    31 Chhabra 22,770 1,125
    32 Narang 27,898 860
    33 Natt 35,395 636
    34 Thind 34,272 662
    35 Ghuman 34,495 656
    36 Gera 35,489 634
    37 Purewal 36,337 616
    38 Deep 38,532 574
    39 Sibal 38,801 569