Khan (surname)

Khan (Pashto: خان‬‎, Punjabi: ਖਾਨ‬, Urdu: خان‬‎, Persian: خان‬‎, Bengali: খাঁন, Balochi: خان‬‎) is a surname and title of Mongolian origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by 12 million people in Pakistan and more than 24 million worldwide.[1]

Use as a title

The surname Khan originates with the Mongolian khan. Used in the Rourans firstly, and later more widely by Islamic chieftains in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.[2][3]

Other usage

Khan is a widespread surname in most countries of Central and South Asia particularly among Muslims. Khan is the surname of over 108,674 British Asian people, making it the 12th most common surname in the United Kingdom,[4] and one of only a handful in the 100 most common surnames which are of neither British nor Irish origin.

List of people called Khan

Scholars, Intellectuals and Academics

Malik Umar Hayat Khan as an Honorary Lieutenant of the 18th King George's Own Lancers, early 20th century watercolour by Major A.C. Lovett (1862–1919)
German Khan, Russian oligarch

Politicians and Rulers

Actors and entertainers

Aamir Khan
Shahrukh Khan
Salman Khan

In sports

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi Shermankhel, a former cricketer, philanthropist and Chairmain of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Amir Khan, an English Khan who became the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight world boxing champion.

In science and technology

  • Abdul Qadeer Khan, an engineer from Pakistan, considered the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme
  • Fazlur Khan, Bengali-American structural engineer and designer of Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center

Others

Sussanne Khan in 2012
  • Abul Kashem Khan (1905–1991), jurist, political leader, and industrialist from Bangladesh
  • Ahmed Raza Khan (1856–1921), Sunni Islamic scholar of south Asia
  • Alan Khan (born 1971), South African radio presenter
  • Amjad Khan (1940–1992), Indian film producer
  • Gauri Khan (born 1971), Indian interior designer and film producer (wife of Indian star Shahrukh Khan)
  • Hazrat Inayat Khan, (1882–1927), founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International
  • Irene Khan (born 1956), Secretary General of Amnesty International
  • Kiran Rao Khan (born 1973), Indian director, film producer and screenwriter (wife of Indian star Aamir Khan)
  • The (unknown) 'M Khan', the subject of many gag routines on The Mary Whitehouse Experience because of long-standing graffiti visible from a major London road[6]
  • Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (1752–1805/6), Indian tax-collector and travel-writer
  • Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), a London train suicide bomber
  • Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan (1833–1901) British-Indian administrator and aristocrat
  • Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944), a British spy in occupied France
  • Prof. Omer Salim Khan (Omer Tarin), Pakistani poet, writer, scholar and mystic
  • Peter Khan (born Afghan-Khan), Australian member of the Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith
  • Shahid Khan (born 1950), Pakistan-born American businessman; owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C.
  • Sussanne Khan (born 1975), Indian interior fashion designer and entrepreneur
  • Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898), Islamic scholar
  • Tariq Ali Khan (born 1943), British-Pakistani writer, intellectual and socialist
  • Tasmin Lucia Khan (born 1980), British Bangladeshi journalist and news presenter for BBC News
  • Vilayat Inayat Khan, (1916–2004), former head of the Sufi Order International
  • Zia Inayat Khan, the Pir of the Sufi Order International

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Khan" (surname distribution), Forebears.io, 2014. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  2. ↑ Khan entry in Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary
  3. ↑ As cited in The Baburnama, 2002, W.M. Thackston p273.
  4. ↑ "England Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers". forebears.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  6. ↑ "Origin of 'M Khan' Graffiti". Everything2.com. 2001-04-12. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
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