The Khan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 76,171 people carried this name — #427 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,870 people counted. That is up 63% from 46,713 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,168 people named Khan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,666 people named Khan live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
276 people named Khan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,756 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 218 people named Khan.
Most of them — 165 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Khan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
8,189 people named Khan are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Khan in American newspapers,
1914–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 84,109 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Khan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zayn al-Abidin the Great 1401–1470 -
Bairam Khan 1501–1561 · military personnel -
Altan Khan 1507–1582 · sovereign -
Isa Khan 1529–1599 · politician -
Daud Khan 1551–1601 · soldier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 95 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Khan.
- Kevorkian 681 · U.S. census
- Keyser 7,978 · U.S. census
- Khaled 731 · U.S. census
- Khalid 3,046 · U.S. census
- Khalifa 999 · U.S. census
- Khalil 6,983 · U.S. census
- Khatchadourian 232 · U.S. census
- Khayat 405 · U.S. census
- Khoury 5,753 · U.S. census
- Kibler 5,849 · U.S. census
- Kiefer 11,141 · U.S. census
- Kieffer 6,656 · U.S. census
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