Indian (Muslim) Submitted Surnames

ADIL Urdu, Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Adil.

AKBAR Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indonesian, Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Persian
From the given name Akbar.

AKHTAR Urdu, Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Pashto
Derived from Persian اختر (axtar) meaning "star".

ALAM Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Hindi, Pakistani, Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian, Afghani
Means "flag, banner, emblem", derived from the Arabic علم ('alam).

ALVI Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic علوي (ʿalawiyy) meaning "pertaining to Ali (1)". The Alvi are a Muslim clan from India and Pakistan claiming descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib (601-661), a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

AMIN Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Indian (Muslim), Malay
From the given name Amin.

AMIR Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian, Bengali (Muslim), Persian, Indian (Muslim), Malay
From the given name Amir.

ANJUM Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu
From Arabic نَجْم (najm) meaning "celestial body, star, planet".

ANWAR Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali (Muslim), Indonesian, Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Anwar.

ARIF Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim), Malay, Arabic
From the given name Arif.

ASHRAF Urdu, Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Ashraf.

AZAM Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Persian, Arabic
Derived from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʾaʿẓam) meaning "greater, greatest".

BEGUM Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi, Turkish
From the Persian title بیگم (beygom) meaning "lady, madam", traditionally used as a royal title for Muslim females in Central and South Asia. It is the feminine equivalent of the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg).

BEY Indian (Muslim), Assamese, Turkish, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master".

BIBI Indian (Muslim), Pakistani

FAROOQ Urdu, Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Pashto, Arabic
From the given name Farooq.

HABIB Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Habib.

HAQ Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Punjabi
Variant spelling of Haque.

HAQUE Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Urdu
Derived from Arabic حَقَّ (ḥaqqa) meaning "true, right, correct".

HASAN Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Indonesian
From the given name Hasan.

HASHMI Urdu, Punjabi, Indian (Muslim), Arabic
From Arabic هاشم (hashim) meaning "crusher, breaker of bread" (see Hashim). It also refers to the Banu Hashim clan (also called Hashemites) of the Quraysh tribe that the Islamic Prophet Muhammad belonged to.

HOSSAIN Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Husayn.

HUSAIN Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Bengali (Muslim)
From the given name Husain.

IMAM Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Indian (Muslim), Nigerian, Arabic, Indonesian
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a leader within a Muslim community.

IMRAN Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Malay
From the given name Imran.

IQBAL Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Punjabi, Kashmiri, Arabic, Pashto, Indonesian
From the given name Iqbal.

ISHAQ Arabic, Urdu, Indian (Muslim), Bengali
From the given name Ishaq.

ISLAM Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Arabic
Derived from the name of the religion of Islam, itself from Arabic إسلام (ʾislām) meaning "submission (to God)".

ISMAIL Arabic, Malay, Urdu, Indonesian, Somali, Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Swahili
From the given name Ismail.

JAHANGIR Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Jahangir.

KABIR Bengali (Muslim), Nigerian, Pakistani, Indian (Muslim), Afghani, Persian
From the Arabic كَبِير (kabīr) meaning "big, large, great" (see Akbar).

KHAN Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Kashmiri, Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim)
Derived from the Turkic military title khan, which is ultimately from Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) meaning "king, emperor, sovereign".

LATHEEF Indian (Muslim), Dhivehi
From a Dhivehi and South Indian form of the given name Latif.

MALEK Indian (Muslim), Gujarati, Persian, Bengali (Muslim), Arabic
Variant of Malik. A notable bearer is Rami Malek (1981-), an Egyptian-American actor.

MALIK Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Indonesian
From the Arabic title ملك (malik) meaning "king, sovereign, monarch".

MIRZA Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Arabic
From the Persian title میرزا (mirzâ) denoting a prince or nobleman, ultimately from the Persian words میر (mir) meaning "master" and the suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "child (of), offspring (of)".

MOHAMMAD Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Punjabi
From the given name Mohammad.

MOHIUDDIN Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Mohiuddin.

MUSLIM Arabic, Indonesian, Pakistani, Indian (Muslim)
From the Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama) "to surrender, expose" (from the same root of the word Islam). The term denotes a follower of Islam.

MUSTAFA Urdu, Sindhi, Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Mustafa.

NOOR Pakistani, Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Punjabi, Malay, Pashto, Arabic, Indian (Muslim), Muslim
From the given name Noor, from the Arabic نُور (nūr) "light".

PATHAN Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Urdu, Pashto
Derived from Hindustani पठान (paṭhān) meaning "a Pashtun (person)", referring to the Pashtun ethnic group inhabiting present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is sometimes used by Pashtuns who ancestrally migrated to India.

QURAISHI Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
Variant of Qureshi.

QURESHI Sindhi, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic قُرَيْش (Qurayš), which refers to an ancient Bedouin tribe of the Arabian peninsula that the Islamic Prophet Muhammad was a member of. The name itself is derived from Arabic قَرَشَ (qaraša) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".

RAHAMAN Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Hindi, Assamese
Variant of Rahman.

RAHMAN Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Malay, Pashto, Arabic
From the given name Rahman.

RAIS Urdu, Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Indonesian
From the Arabic tile رَئِيس (raʾīs) meaning "chief, leader".

RASHEED Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim)
Variant transcription of Rashid.

RASOOL Urdu, Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
Variant transcription of Rasul.

RASUL Urdu, Pashto, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Indonesian
From Arabic رَسُول (rasūl) meaning "messenger, apostle, prophet" (see Rasul).

RAZA Urdu, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Persian
From the given name Raza.

REHMAN Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Pashto
Variant transcription of Rahman.

SAID Arabic, Swahili, Somali, Indian (Muslim), Malay, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.

SALEEM Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Indian (Muslim), Pashto
From the given name Saleem.

SARDAR Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, Persian
From the Persian title سردار (sardâr) meaning "commander, headmaster", traditionally denoting a prince, nobleman, or aristocrat.

SEEDAT Indian (Muslim)
“Lord” in Hindustani. Comes from "Sidi". May be Egyptian, Arabic or Persian in origin.

SHAIKH Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali (Muslim)
Variant transcription of Sheikh.

SHAKUR Bengali, Indian (Muslim), Urdu
From the given name Shakur.

SHARIF Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Indian (Muslim), Persian, Arabic, Somali
From the Arabic title شَرِيف (šarīf) meaning "noble, honoured, excellent", denoting a Muslim ruler, religious leader, or descendant of Muhammad.

SHEIKH Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Somali, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi
From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head", used as title to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.

SIDDIQUE Punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim)
Variant transcription of Siddiqui.

SIDDIQUI Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Balochi, Pashto, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious". It was traditionally used as an honorific title or a nickname for a trustworthy person.

TAHIR Arabic, Urdu, Malay, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Tahir.

UDDIN Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Urdu
From Arabic الدين (ad-dīn) meaning "the religion" (referring to Islam).

ULLAH Pakistani, Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi, Balochi, Sindhi, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) referring to the monotheistic god in Islamic belief (see Allah).

YASIN Urdu, Indonesian, Indian (Muslim), Arabic, Bengali (Muslim)
From the given name Yasin.

ZAHEER Pakistani, Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
Variant of Zahir used in Pakistan and India.