Johal

{{short description|Indian surname}}

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Johal is a surname and clan found among the Jats of Punjab, India.{{Cite book |last=Pawar |first=Hukam Singh |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30029839 |title=The Jats, their origin, antiquity, and migrations |date=1993 |publisher=Manthan Publications |isbn=81-85235-22-8 |edition=1st |location=Rohtak |oclc=30029839}}{{Cite book |last=Dhillon |first=B. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38048107 |title=History and study of the Jats : with reference to Sikhs, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, Goths, and Jutes |date=1994 |publisher=Beta Publishers |isbn=1-895603-02-1 |location=Gloucester, Ont., Canada |oclc=38048107}}{{Cite journal |last=Pabla |first=Manjit |date=2020-05-05 |title=The Legacies of Bindy Johal: The Contemporary Folk Devil or Sympathetic Hero |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11050228 |journal=Religions |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=228 |doi=10.3390/rel11050228 |issn=2077-1444|doi-access=free }} Notable persons with the surname include:

• Balinder Johal, Indian-born Canadian actress
• Bindy Johal (1971–1998), Indian-born Canadian gangster
• Hardial Singh Johal ({{circa}} 1947–2002), Indian-Canadian engineer
• Yogi Johl, Canadian Olympic wrestler
• Jagbir Jhutti Johal, British professor of religion
• Jas Johal, Indian-born Canadian politician
• Kuldesh Johal (born 1980), English snooker player
• Nachhatar Singh Johal (born 1979), Indian sailor
• Sardara Singh Johl (born 1928), Indian agriculture economist