- Source: Changezi
Changezi is a Turkic-origin surname in Pakistan and India. It is the equivalent of Iranian and Afghan Changizi. This surname is taken from the name of Changez khan (Genghis Khan) and/or his military that came to the West and South Asia. It is common among Moghol, Mughal, Hazara, Aimaq, and some Turkic peoples within Central, South and West Asia in particular.
Notable people with this name
Asghar Ali Changezi, Pakistani boxer
Ismail Changezi, Pakistani television actor.
Yagana Changezi, pseudonym of Mirza Wajid Husain (1884–1956), Indian Urdu-language poet
Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani footballer and politician
Naseem Mirza Changezi, Indian freedom fighter, said to have lived to age 108
Wajahat Mirza Changezi, Indian screenwriter and film director of the 1950s–60s
Mohsin Changezi, Pakistani Urdu poet
Mushtaque Changezi
Samad Ali Changezi, Pakistani Flight Lieutenant
Sharbat Ali Changezi, Air Marshal (Retired) of Pakistan Air Force
Jan Ali Changezi, former Minister for Education in the Balochistan provincial government belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party
See also
Mirza
Barlas
Khan