Changezi is a Turkic-origin surname in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. 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 West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

and

South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...

. It is common among Moghol, Mughal, Hazara, Aimaq, and some

Turkic peoples Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West Asia, West, Central Asia, Central, East Asia, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. "Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose members ...

within Central,

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

and

West Asia West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian ...

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 * Sharbat Ali Changezi, Air Marshal (Retired) of

Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...

Hope fades away for Hazaras of Pakistan
Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 June 2012, Retrieved 17 December 2017 * Jan Ali Changezi,Profile of Jan Ali Changezi on Provincial Assembly of Balochistan website
Retrieved 17 December 2017 former Minister for Education in the Balochistan provincial government belonging to

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Changezi Mughal clans of Pakistan Pashto-language surnames Pakistani names Urdu masculine given names Masculine given names Urdu-language surnames Ethnic groups in India Patronymic surnames Turkic-language surnames Mongolian-language surnames Surnames of Indian origin Turkic peoples of Asia

Notable people with this name

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