Khan (surname)

Khan (/kɑːn/) is a surname deriving from the title khan originating from the Central and Eastern Steppe during antiquity and popularized by Turkic dynasties in the rest of Asia during the medieval period. Used in the Rourans firstly, and also by the early rulers of Bulgaria, it was more widely spread by the Islamic chieftains in what is now Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4]

Not to be confused with Kahn or Kan (surname).

Khan is a common surname particularly among Muslims of Central Asian and South Asian origin, it's mostly common in people having either Mongol or Turkic origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by over 12 million people in Asia and 24 million worldwide.[5] It is the surname of over 108,674 British Asians, making it the 12th most common surname in the United Kingdom.[6]

People

Scholars, intellectuals and academics

Politicians and rulers

Actors and entertainers
See also: Khans of Bollywood

In sports
  • Khan, former ring name of retired professional wrestler Dave Bautista

In science and technology

Others
  • Abul Kashem Khan (1905–1991), jurist, political leader, and industrialist from Bangladesh
  • Alan Khan (born 1971), South African radio presenter
  • Amjad Khan (1940–1992), Indian film producer
  • Fazal Khan, Pakistani lawyer and Pashtun human rights activist
  • Gauri Khan (born 1971), Indian interior designer and film producer (wife of Indian star Shahrukh Khan)
  • Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American lyricist
  • 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[12]
  • 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
  • Oghuz Khan legendary forefather of the Turkic people
  • 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
  • Usman Khan (terrorist) (1991-2019), Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the 2019 London Bridge stabbing
  • Zia Inayat Khan, the Pir of the Sufi Order International

Fictional characters

See also

References
  1. Khan entry in Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary
  2. As cited in The Baburnama, 2002, W.M. Thackston p273.
  3. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Krum
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cq99HbGpIWsC&pg=PA159
  5. "Khan" (surname distribution), Forebears.io, 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. "England Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers". forebears.co.uk.
  7. "শাকিব খান আমার সন্তানের বাবা: অপু বিশ্বাস". BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. "অপু ইসলাম কি আবার অপু বিশ্বাস হয়ে যাবেন? | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. "অপু বিশ্বাসের ভিন্ন সুর! | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন". Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. "দিনশেষে শাকিব একা, আমি না: অপু বিশ্বাস". চ্যানেল আই অনলাইন. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Origin of 'M Khan' Graffiti". Everything2.com. 12 April 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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