as a Last Name
- 58,930
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Khan
Meaning & Origins
Muslim: from a personal name or status name based on Turkish khan ‘ruler’, ‘nobleman’. This was originally a hereditary title among Tartar and Mongolian tribesmen (in particular Genghis Khan, 1162–1227), but is now very widely used throughout the Muslim world as a personal name. In Iran and parts of the Indian subcontinent it is used as an honorific title after a person's personal name.
| 559th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 58,930
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Khan per capita
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