How many countries have names ending with -STAN?

Without looking it up:

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrghyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan...and in some languages India is called Hindustan.

Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

And States:

Tatarstan
Dagestan
Baskhuristan
East Turkistan (Xiang Xiao Province of China)
Rajastan (Indian State)
Khalistan (Shiek Fantasy Homeland)
Baluchistan
Pakthunistan
Khurdistan
Khuzistan

And, I am sure a fe w more.
But like that Cyndi chik, I may have spell them wrong.

eight countries *countains* names ending with -stan:
Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan

Of course, those are the English names.

Interestingly, Afghanistan "is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
So these are already five of them.
And Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are also not very far away.

Afghanistan

First one that came to my mind was Pakistan.

Uzbekistan

+5

Everybody forgot one - Hindustan (India) - Land of hindu's

the 6 above plus territories ancient countries before
17/18 century empires.
dagestan,rajastan,kurdistan,khalistan(indian civil
uprising from sikhs],waziristan,

Almost everybody has the usual seven, but they're leaving out Francistan, Germanystan, Italystan, Russiastan, Chinastan, Spainistan, Greeeistan, and all the others. I win.

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan. That's all I can think of.

I think it's seven, actually.
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Can't think of any others.

Seven.

Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Can you stan that?

Seven.

Afghanistan
Kasachstan
Kirgistan
Pakistan
Tadschikistan
Turkmenistan
Usabekistan

Afghanistan
Kazakhstan (the home of fictional character Borat)
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

I want to say 6? I would write the ones I know but I would mispell them so terribly I would embarass myself :)

Independent countries, internal regions:

Afghanistan
Baluchistan (part of Iran)
Baskordistan (part of Russia)
Dagestan (part of Russia)
Hayastan (own name, aka Armenia)
Hindustan (own name, aka India)
Kazakhstan
Karakalpakstan (part of Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyzstan
Kurdistan(part of Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey)
Pakistan
Rajastan (part of India)
Tajikistan
Tatarstan (part of Russia)
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Uyguristan (part of China, aka Xinjiang)
Waziristan (part of Pakistan)
Yakutistan (part of Russia)

So does "stan" mean land in all of those languages and/or dialects, or is it strictly an English language thing?