People from Makran region of Balochistan use Makrani as their lastname so that they can Identified by their place of Origin this practice helped distinguish individual with common first name.
[7] Although, a small minority of Makranis live in Ahmedabad and many of them have migrated to other states in India such as Uttar Pradesh.
[citation needed] Qadir Bukhsh Rind Baloch alias (Kadu Makrani) was a 19th century’s archetypal figure who was born and brought up in Makran, Balochistan.
When life became hard for the working classes in Makran, Balochistan due to British colonists, Kadu Makrani, with his tribe, migrated to Kathiawar, Gujarat in mid of 19th century.
This distressed British forces as they failed to counter Kadu Makrani and his little army.