Ahluwalia (surname)

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Ahluwalia is a surname native to the Punjab region of India. It is derived from the words "Ahlu" (a village in Lahore) and "walia" (a Punjabi-language adjectival suffix).{{cite book |editor1=Patrick Hanks |editor2=Richard Coates |editor3=Peter McClure |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-252747-9 |page=22 |language=en}} It was first adopted by the Sikh chief Jassa Singh, the founder and first leader of the Ahluwalia misl. The surname was adopted by many including his caste followers and soldiers, leading to the formation of the Ahluwalia caste.{{cite book |editor=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |page=14 |language=en}}{{cite book |author=W. H. McLeod |title=The A to Z of Sikhism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgixwfeCyDAC&pg=PA6 |year=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6344-6 |page=6 |language=en}} One of the surnames of Ahluwalia caste and its shortened form is Walia.{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw9uAAAAMAAJ&q=ahluwalia+or+walia |title=India's Communities |date=1998 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |language=en}}

{{Infobox Surname|name=Ahluwalia|pronunciation=Ah_Lu_Wa_Lia|language=Panjabi|origin=Punjab|meaning=Those "From Ahlu" (a village in Lahore)|region=South Asia|alternative spelling=Ahluvalia/Ahlajia/Ahlawal|shortform=Walia|see also=Ahluwalia (caste)

Ahluwalia (misl)}}

Notable people who bear the surname Ahluwalia include: