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{{short description|Surname in India and Pakistan}}
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'''Bajwa''' is a surname found among [[Jat Sikhs]], [[Jat Muslims |Muslims]] and [[Hindu Jat|Hindus]] of the [[Punjab|Punjab region]] in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dikshit |first1=K. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQo-EQAAQBAJ&dq=bajwa+an+have&pg=PA139 |title=Land, People and Economy of Pakistan: A Geographic Perspective |last2=Dikshit |first2=Jutta K. |date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-30677-2 |page=139 |language=en |quote=Some of the Muslim Jat clans were Awans, Bains, Bajwa, Khokhar, Kharal, Sial and Tarar.}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=0-19-563357-1 |edition=Illustrated |series=People of India: National series |volume=8 |location=Delhi |pages=1355–1357 |chapter=Appendix B |oclc=35662663}}</ref>{{Qn|date=February 2025}} 

Notable people bearing the Bajwa name, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include:
*[[Asif Bajwa]] (born 1969), Pakistani field hockey player
*[[Asim Saleem Bajwa]], Pakistani former military officer
*[[Charanjit Kaur Bajwa]] (born 1959), Indian politician
*[[Dilpreet Bajwa]] (born 2003), Indian cricketer
*[[Javed Ashraf Bajwa]], Pakistani military officer
*[[Jugpreet Singh Bajwa]] (born 1994), Indian-Canadian singer
*[[Neeru Bajwa]] (born 1982), Indian-Canadian actress
*[[Poonam Bajwa]], Indian actress
*[[Pratap Singh Bajwa]] (born 1957), Indian politician
*[[Qamar Javed Bajwa]] (born 1960), Pakistani military general, retired as Army Chief
*[[Rupa Bajwa]] (born 1976), Indian writer
*[[Sonam Bajwa]] (born 1989), Indian model and actress
*[[Surinder Singh Bajwa]] ({{circa|1955}}–2007), Indian politician
*[[Tariq Bajwa]], Pakistani civil servant
*[[Tariq Mahmood Bajwa]], Pakistani politician
*[[Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa]], Indian politician
*[[T. S. Bajwa]], Indian politician
*[[Varinder Singh Bajwa]], Indian politician
*[[Ehsan Ul Haq Bajwa]], Pakistani politician
*[[Muhammad Asif Bajwa (politician)|Muhammad Asif Bajwa]], Pakistani politician
*[[Ali Zia Bajwa]], Pakistani jurist
*[[Iram Hassan Bajwa]], Pakistani politician

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