Khan (surname)

Khan (Pashto: خان Urdu: خان‎, Persian: خان, Bengali: খাঁন, Balochi: خان) is a surname and title of Mongolian origin.

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.

Khan is a widespread surname in most countries of Central and South Asia particularly among Muslims. Khan is the surname of over 80,000 British Asian people, making it the 80th most common surname in the United Kingdom, and one of only a handful in the 100 most common surnames which are of neither British nor Irish origin.

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