Jatts are a tribe amongst Punjabis and are mostly farmers by profession, the Jatts in Indian Punjab are Sikh whilst the Jatts in the Pakistani half of Punjab are Muslim, some are also Hindu. Not all Punjabis are Jatt though, there are also Rajput, Gujjar, Kami and other Punjabi tribes. The Jatt tribe like other Punjabi tribes has many sub-tribes or clans, two of which that come to mind are Siyaal and Ranjha, these clan names are used as family names by many Punjabi Jatts, that's why you'll get Indians, Pakistanis, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs (very rarely because baptised Sikhs replace their family surname with "Singh/Lion" or "Kaur/Princess") with the same surname because they are of the same clan.
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