Khaan
surname · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Khaan is a surname, most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is the 9th most common surname. It appears chiefly in Hindi and Marathi, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: leader; ruler.
- PKPakistan1 in 21◐
- SASaudi Arabia1 in 37
- AEUnited Arab Emirates1 in 50
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.6M ●
- #60 ●
- 6 ●
- Sources
- 459 ●
- 1 in 104 ◐
across 8 countries
of 21M surnames
recorded for this name
5.9M records
Official registry-verified
Guyana
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Khan in IN India, BD Bangladesh, PK Pakistan and 24 more, Хон in RU Russia and Cuña in UY Uruguay.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
leader; ruler
Sources 1
- African Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #9 | 4,765,785 | 128K rec. | — | listed | Khan | 207 |
| PK Pakistan | #3 | 2,360,566 | 231K rec. | — | listed | Khan | 206 |
| IN India | #14 | 1,485,348 | 4.4M rec. | 1 in 893 | 1.5M | Khan | 303 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #1 | 250,105 | 52K rec. | — | — | Khan | 168 |
| GB United Kingdom | #61 | 198,136 | 108K rec. | — | listed | Khan | 237 |
| US United States | #363 | 76,171 | 637K rec. | 1 in 4.4K | 102K | Khan | 459 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #1 | 71,063 | 67K rec. | — | — | Khan | 192 |
| MY Malaysia | #67 | 49,820 | 37K rec. | — | — | Khan | 85 |
| AU Australia | #171 | 40,879 | 42K rec. | — | 4 | Khan | 243 |
| CA Canada | #107 | 37,774 | 36K rec. | — | 1 | Khan | 180 |
| TT Trinidad & Tobago | #4 | 19,859 | 347 rec. | — | — | Khan | 51 |
| QA Qatar | #2 | 18,800 | 19K rec. | — | — | Khan | 100 |
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Languages●
- Hindi1.3M91%
- Marathi53K4%
- Punjabi33K2%
- Assamese33K2%
- 4.4K1%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 1,277,855 | 91% |
| Marathi | 53,491 | 4% |
| Punjabi | 33,206 | 2% |
| Assamese | 32,752 | 2% |
| 4,370 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Khaan is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
leader
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
In Khmer, to fail, to miss; to drop one’s plan unexpectedly; to be kept from achieving one’s desire. to fail to do something. ^SHSlJIS without fail. to have failed to study, to miss the opportunity to study. n^s (= n^scgjm, nu^s) without fail, surely,* don’t fail! uTlHSTS without fail. TSCyn
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence●
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 20 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Khaan?
- We estimate roughly 1.6 million people bear Khaan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Khaan have the most bearers?
- Khaan is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled khan.
- How common is Khaan compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Khaan is the 9th most common surname of 11,292 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Khaan mean?
- Recorded meaning: leader; ruler
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Khaan” — the 9th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.