the names of fiji islanders of indian ancestry provide clues to an individual's religion and caste, and to what part of india their ancestors came from. muslims very often have names taken from the quran, while sikhs are almost invariably surnamed singh (if male) or kaur (if female). contrary to a common misconception, however, not everybody bearing that name is a sikh: the great majority are hindu (such as arguably the most notable indo-fijian, golfer vijay singh). surnames, although not universal in india, have been adopted by almost all indo-fijians (despite their less-than-universal use by indigenous fijians).