Khän
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Khän is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan).
- PKPakistan≈1 in 21(inferred from the name graph)
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 34
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 49
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #54 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 538 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21 (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Khan in IN India, PK Pakistan, SA Saudi Arabia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old Frenchchan(measured from records)
- Medieval Latinchanis(measured from records)
- Turkic*qan(measured from records)
- Middle Mongolᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨqaɣan(measured from records)
Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan). * Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan).
Sources 7
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- Wiktionary
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Khän counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #1 | ≈11,000,000 est. | ≈1 in 21 | listed | Khan | 245 |
| BD Bangladesh | #7 | ≈4,800,000 est. | ≈1 in 34 | listed | Khan | 220 |
| IN India | #14 | 1,485,348 | 1 in 893 | 1.5M | Khan | 333 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #1 | ≈510,000 est. | ≈1 in 67 | — | Khan | 178 |
| AF Afghanistan | #16 | ≈440,000 est. | ≈1 in 84 | — | Khan | 66 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #1 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 49 | — | Khan | 207 |
| BH Bahrain | #1 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 59 | — | Khan | 78 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Khän mean, and where does it come from?
- Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan). Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Dictionary of American Family Names and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Khän have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 million people named Khän in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled khan.
- How common is the name Khän?
- In India, the national register counted 1,485,348 people named Khän, about 1 in 893 residents.
- How common is Khän compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Khän is the most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Khän” — the most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.