"Khan" surname: Is the title name only carried by Pashtuns, Punjabis, Mohajirs or other ethnicities?

[Mentee]

The root word where this title khan is derived from has an interesting history academically speaking ------. If given a choice not gonna adopt it .

 

[Black Tornado]

I have seen it among Gujaratis

Sizeable %age of muslims in Gujarat are Pathans

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

We always ask identities of bozorg when we first meet someone, e

This is true lol

 

[Imran Khan]

who cares i hate caste system now

 

[saltranger]

Not just us it was taken as title wherever genghis and his predecessors went. The shah pahlavis of Iran replaced khan with pehlvi in their names..
Furthermore khan was not the only title passed around mughal , syed, ghilzai(khilji) etc. they were all titles.

Originally Khan was the title of Mongol rulers and commanders. During their campaigns in Asia various nations, who served in their armies, adopted it as a title.

 

[Black Tornado]

Some Bengali Hindus too have Khan title.

“n” is nasal
“खाँ” not “खान”