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khan Name Meaning and History

Muslim: from a personal name or status name based on Turkish khan ‘ruler’, ‘nobleman’. This was originally a hereditary title among Tartar and Mongolian tribesmen (in particular Genghis Khan, 1162–1227), but is now very widely used throughout the Muslim world as a personal name. In Iran and parts of the Indian subcontinent it is used as an honorific title after a person’s name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the khan family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of khan Families in the US in 1920
Number of khan families
 21-39
 8-20		 1-7
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Threads: 34 - Messages: 90
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Khan dpedwards115 0
Peshawar - Mardan historical photos misshouse 0
Obit: Yaqub Khan seejay2003 0
Kara Khan was a doctor nickimja 0
Im gonna make the Khan name famous Baber Khan #9 7
Hi Baber Khan 4
Relatives of Frank Khan or Marigold Persad khanamanda 0
Ehsan Khan jamila khan 0
Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, 27, of Bristow, Va., died June 8, 2004 Gen-Friend 0
Hi to all Khanssss Changez_Khan 2
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