Akhund (also spelled Akon, Akond, Akanda, Akondo, or Akhand) is a title awarded to Islamic scholars, sometimes used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name.
Individuals Abdus Sattar Akon (1929–2012), Islamic scholar, teacher and politician Shahid Akhand (born 1935), novelist Hameeda Akhund (born 1936), human rights activist and academic Lucky Akhand (1956–2017), composer Happy Akhand (1960–1987), rockstar Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo (born 1971), High Court justice Masud Akhond (born 1972), actor Abdul Mottaleb Akanda (died 2004), politician Tarif Akhand (born 1998), footballer AK Mosharraf Hossain Akand, politician Abul Basar Akand, politician Abdul Kahar Akond, police officer Md. Abdur Razzak Akand, politician Md. Rishad Akhand,Photographer