 Initially the village was known as 'village of Nizamanis' but when Rais Soomer Khan became the chieftain of this village, the village took the name of Tando Soomro (Soomer's Town).The word "soomro" in Tando Soomro can be misleading, as one can infer that it stands for Soomro, a well known surname in Sindh.However, this interpretation is wrong; the word is derived from 'Soomer Khan' and ironically there is not even a single home of any Soomro's in Tando Soomro.