Last name Ghaznavi (Ghaznavi 
, الغزنوي 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name Ghaznavi is characteristic of Malta, where it is quite a rare surname, Afghanistan, and United Arab Emirates. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Very seldom, Ghaznavi is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ghaznavi | Iran, United States, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan |
| الغزنوي | Saudi Arabia, Egypt |
| abdullah ghaznavi Afghan-Indian Muslim scholar and pietist, IN (b. 1811) |
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| pir ghulam mohiudin ghaznavi sufi Scholar (b. 1902) |
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| shatir ghaznavi Indian writer (b. 1905) |
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| khatir ghaznavi Pakistani writer, poet and playwright, AF (b. 1925) |
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| sani lasani ghaznavi Islamic Sufi Scholar, AF |
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| kaif ghaznavi Pakistani actress who predominantly work in Urdu television serials, PK |
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| mehrdad ghaznavi Ph.D. Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic University) 2013 |
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| habib ghaznavi researcher |
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| abdul jabbar ghaznavi muhaddith |
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| sana ghaznavi researcher |
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