Loi

Loi is a Jat surname within the Sikh community ,from Panjab. They originally came from the South of the Indus Valley in Sindh in Pakistan and later on migrated to North-East Panjab region of India to the village Pandori Ganga Singh in Hoshairpur district.

Loi surname origin

The word Loi in Punjabi means “shawl”, which is a blanket used to keep you warm, and means blanket or cover for protection in the Sindhi language (From the lower Indus Valley in Sindh). The name Loi may have come from the festival Lal Loi (the Sindhi term for Lohri in Punjabi) from the south of the Indus Valley in Sindh, where all Jats originate from. Lal Loi or Lohri is associated with the end harvesting winter crops, and is associated with agriculture, and agriculture has always been the Jats and the Loi Jats main occupation. Lal Loi and Lohri is a significant time for the Jats, as it marks a new harvesting season. The surname Loi may also be a shortened version of the Jat surname Malloi, which is the same as Malhi, (a Jat clan). Loi is probably from one of these meanings.

The Lois are a small Jat clan known for being agriculturists .Their heritage is deeply associated with owning agricultural land and they have earned a reputation for being skilled farmer. They owned some of the healthiest farm animals in their village, specifically bullocks.

Other castes have tried to claim this surname however Loi was originally and always Jat.

In the year 1891 in the India census, the Loi Jats were recorded as a Jat clan

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