# Khan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/khan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname derived from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 76,171 |
| US rank (2010) | 427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,053 people |
| Change since 2000 | +63% (46,713 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑːn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As a surname, via Hindustani خان (xān) / ख़ान (xān), from Classical Persian خَان (xān), from Turkic. As a title, a proper noun form of khan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Khan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 81% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Khan in the United States, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

## People named Khan

- Sal Khan, American educator (born 1976)
- Chaka Khan, American singer (born 1953)
- Jiah Khan, British−American Bollywood actress (1988–2013)
- Amir Khan, British boxer
- Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi architect (1929–1982)
- Lina M. Khan, American legal scholar and jurist (born 1989)
- Irene Khan, Bangladeshi academic
- Shahid Khan, American businessman (born 1950)
- Rashid Khan, Afghan cricketer
- Nouman Ali Khan, American Muslim speaker
- Steve Khan, American musician
- Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi political leader (1880–1976)

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Khanna, Kahan, Kohan, Keohane, Kane, Kuhn, Kahn, Kohn, Kwan, Kain, Kean, Kan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.