Nanda (surname)
- Nanda (also Nandha) is a Khatri surname of Indo-Scythian, Caucasian, Slavic, Baltic, Italic, Indo-Aryan, Germanic, Greek, Albanian origin. Like other Khatri clans. Nanda Khatris are found among Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims in Punjab (India), Punjab (Pakistan) and other parts of world. Nanda is also a Jatt, Ramgarhia, Gujjar and Rajput surname.All the clans of Jat, Rajput, Tarkhan (Punjab), Lohar, Gujjar, Khatri and Kamboj tribes have close Genetic as well as Ancestral relation with each other.The people of these tribes are said to be of Indo-Scythian origin.The clans of these seventribes are common in all tribes.
Among Kamboj people
- Nanda (and Nandha) is also a Kamboj clan name found among the Sikhs and Hindus Kamboj of India [1][2][3].
Among Rajputs
Nanda is an Chandravanshi Rajput clan found among Sikh Rajputs, Mair Rajputs, Muslim Rajputs and Rajputs of Rajasthan. They are found in India and Pakistan.
Nanda is a Muslim Jat and a Jatt Sikh surname found in Punjab(India) and Punjab (Pakistan). It is also a Hindu Jat Clan found Haryana.
As a Gujjar surname
Many Sikh Gujjars of Chandigarh, Amritsar, Patiala have a clan called Nanda.
Among people of Tarkhan (Punjab) tribe
Tarkhan people/Ramgarhias of Mohali, Jallandhar, Amritsar, Chandigarh have Nanda as their surname.