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

[Asian.Century]

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

And I can understand history and intermarriages between Punjabis, Paktoons and Afghans using Khan, why Urdu-Speaking from India use the word "Khan" when there is no link to it.

The name "KHAN" is of the most common names identified among Pakistanis. Always wondered whether anyother ethnic tribes, race or caste carry the surname "Khan" also?

The Khan's or Hans trace their ancesstory back to Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan or Halaku han and the han dynasty. Later some of their descendants converted to Islam and conquest the subcontinent.

The punjabis, phustoons and some Afghans carry the surname khan, which does not represent the tribe but the linkage to the khan dynasty. They have their own tribes and cast later.

Like phustoons have ahmedzai, yousufzai and many others. And so does punjabis has other names like Rajput, Bhattis, Jatts, Qureshis, Siddiques etc etc

Also further information,
Khan is a surname deriving from the title khan originating among nomadic tribes in 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 isnow Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Khan is a common surname particularly among Muslims of Central and South Asian origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by over 12 million people in Asia and 24 million worldwide.

 

[MastanKhan]

Hi,

Khunh, Haan, Kahn are some other names for Khan.

 

[nahtanbob]

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

And I can understand history and intermarriages between Punjabis, Paktoons and Afghans using Khan, why Urdu-Speaking from India use the word "Khan" when there is no link to it.

The name "KHAN" is of the most common names identified among Pakistanis. Always wondered whether anyother ethnic tribes, race or caste carry the surname "Khan" also?

The Khan's or Hans trace their ancesstory back to Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan or Halaku han and the han dynasty. Later some of their descendants converted to Islam and conquest the subcontinent.

The punjabis, phustoons and some Afghans carry the surname khan, which does not represent the tribe but the linkage to the khan dynasty. They have their own tribes and cast later.

Like phustoons have ahmedzai, yousufzai and many others. And so does punjabis has other names like Rajput, Bhattis, Jatts, Qureshis, Siddiques etc etc

Also further information,
Khan is a surname deriving from the title khan originating among nomadic tribes in 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 isnow Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Khan is a common surname particularly among Muslims of Central and South Asian origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by over 12 million people in Asia and 24 million worldwide.

which citizen of modern Central Asia has Khan surname ? most of them have russified variant of Islamic names

 

[xeuss]

I have seen it among Gujaratis and Bengalis as well.

Interestingly, I know a Hindu Bengali with a last name of Khan.

 

[W.11]

oliver kahn?

regards

 

[scorpionx]

Some Bengali Hindus too have Khan title.

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

some of the Khan either Yousafzai kakyzai omerzai or any other tribe from Afghan moved from Afghanistan to different parts of india like bihar lakhnov dehli and other places then some of them moved back to Pakistan in 47 with the same surname khan i know many of them they call themselves mohajir like one of MQM prominent leader Amir khan.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

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

And I can understand history and intermarriages between Punjabis, Paktoons and Afghans using Khan, why Urdu-Speaking from India use the word "Khan" when there is no link to it.

The name "KHAN" is of the most common names identified among Pakistanis. Always wondered whether anyother ethnic tribes, race or caste carry the surname "Khan" also?

The Khan's or Hans trace their ancesstory back to Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan or Halaku han and the han dynasty. Later some of their descendants converted to Islam and conquest the subcontinent.

The punjabis, phustoons and some Afghans carry the surname khan, which does not represent the tribe but the linkage to the khan dynasty. They have their own tribes and cast later.

Like phustoons have ahmedzai, yousufzai and many others. And so does punjabis has other names like Rajput, Bhattis, Jatts, Qureshis, Siddiques etc etc

Also further information,
Khan is a surname deriving from the title khan originating among nomadic tribes in 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 isnow Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Khan is a common surname particularly among Muslims of Central and South Asian origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by over 12 million people in Asia and 24 million worldwide.

There are Khan's in Bangladesh too.

However Khan surname does not reflect an ethnicity like Soomro is a title exclusive to Sindhis, Bhattacharya is a surname exclusive to Bengalis.

Most Khan titles has been borrowed or someone bestowed this title upon them.

Khan is also not exclusively a Islamic title. There are Mongols in Mongolia who have Khan title but are not Muslims.

 

[Salahuddin Ayyubi]

It's a title of prestige. Just like how a lot of people from Pakistan and India claim to be Sayyids in order to have a upper prestige. Same goes for people back in the day who took on the title Khan.

 

[Naofumi]

Khan as a title actually came from Xianbei, from the region in and around Mongolia. And Khan is not derived from Han nor the Han dynasty has to do anything with it. Han is the Oghuz Turkish. The Mongols were not the forst one to use nor they were the first one to spread it outside Mongolia.

In South Asia, Khan or its variations like Khan Bahadur were used by Mughals as royal titles, its usage by Punjabis and Muhajirs or any other "Indic race" can be clubbed under the "Ashrafization" phenomenon.

 

[Baghial]

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

And I can understand history and intermarriages between Punjabis, Paktoons and Afghans using Khan, why Urdu-Speaking from India use the word "Khan" when there is no link to it.

The name "KHAN" is of the most common names identified among Pakistanis. Always wondered whether anyother ethnic tribes, race or caste carry the surname "Khan" also?

The Khan's or Hans trace their ancesstory back to Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan or Halaku han and the han dynasty. Later some of their descendants converted to Islam and conquest the subcontinent.

The punjabis, phustoons and some Afghans carry the surname khan, which does not represent the tribe but the linkage to the khan dynasty. They have their own tribes and cast later.

Like phustoons have ahmedzai, yousufzai and many others. And so does punjabis has other names like Rajput, Bhattis, Jatts, Qureshis, Siddiques etc etc

Also further information,
Khan is a surname deriving from the title khan originating among nomadic tribes in 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 isnow Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Khan is a common surname particularly among Muslims of Central and South Asian origin. It is one of the most common surnames in the world, shared by over 12 million people in Asia and 24 million worldwide.

yousufzai ..................SONS OF YOUSAF. LOST TRIBE OF ISREAL?

 

[American Pakistani]

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And I can understand history and intermarriages between Punjabis, Paktoons and Afghans using Khan, why Urdu-Speaking from India use the word "Khan" when there is no link to it.

You do know many pushtoons migrated to as far as Bengal during British Era? Plus a large number of pushtoons settled in UP and Delhi regions.

 

[zeeshe100]

there are khans in u.p and in panipat india their forefathers were soldiers in afgani armies

 

[Bouncer]

And I can understand history and intermarriages between Punjabis, Paktoons and Afghans using Khan, why Urdu-Speaking from India use the word "Khan" when there is no link to it.

For Punjabi Rajputs, it was used as an honorific title "Rana Xyz Khan". Not because of intermarriages with any other ethnic groups.

Another interesting point to be noted here, in Rajputs the English spelling of Khan is same as other people, but the actual pronunciation is Khaa (ends with Urdu noon-ghunna, not a hard N). And it is written in Urdu as such خاں not خان.

 

[Darth Vader]

As far Khan it used to be a title not actual Cast.
Rest were tribes and cast so title of Khan could have been given to anyone.