Use in Personal Names
The Azerbaijani surname Akhundov (as in e.g. Mirza Fatali Akhundov) is formed from the word akhund.
Akhund (or Akhwand) is also a surname/title used by a families in Dera Ghazi Khan and Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan. Their ancestors came in from Afghanistan around 200 years ago and settled in the old Dera Ghazi Khan. After the major floods of early 1900s that washed away the city, they moved into the new Dera Ghazi Khan settled in Block 11.
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