Hoxha Surname
Approximately 57,838 people bear this surname
Hoxha Surname User-submission:
Hoxha is an Albanian surname, meaning 'master', 'leader', 'teacher'. [from the Persian word khwaja, meaning 'master', via Turkish 'hoca'.] The pronunciation is more 'Hod-jah' than 'Hox-hah'.
Hoxha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 40,099 | 1:73 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 11,286 | 1:165 | 12 |
| Greece | 2,201 | 1:5,034 | 510 |
| United States | 1,017 | 1:356,400 | 31,850 |
| England | 505 | 1:110,333 | 11,403 |
| Italy | 498 | 1:122,805 | 20,130 |
| Germany | 326 | 1:246,949 | 26,884 |
| France | 270 | 1:246,010 | 38,043 |
| Slovenia | 264 | 1:9,423 | 2,170 |
| Switzerland | 258 | 1:31,833 | 4,731 |
| Sweden | 222 | 1:44,355 | 3,494 |
| Canada | 137 | 1:268,946 | 25,310 |
| Serbia | 135 | 1:52,926 | 5,070 |
| Iran | 97 | 1:791,572 | 39,767 |
| Belgium | 78 | 1:147,393 | 20,769 |
| Norway | 62 | 1:82,940 | 11,515 |
| North Macedonia | 54 | 1:38,916 | 4,461 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Austria | 40 | 1:212,886 | 26,249 |
| Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Montenegro | 20 | 1:31,978 | 2,663 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Hoxha (29) may also be a first name.
Hoxha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Hoxha is an Albanian surname, meaning 'master', 'leader', 'teacher'. [from the Persian word khwaja, meaning 'master', via Turkish 'hoca'.] The pronunciation is more 'Hod-jah' than 'Hox-hah'.
- deleted-173293Hoxha is a surname which has came from a Turkish word that means 'teacher'. Hoxha is also the title for muslim preachers.
- caseycessieHoxha Demographics
Average Male Hoxha Height
172.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hoxha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoxha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hoxha is borne by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoxha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,762nd most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 125,999 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Hoxha reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.
It is the most prevalent last name in one country:Albania, where 69 percent live. The surname Hoxha is most prevalent in Albania, where it is carried by 40,099 people, or 1 in 73. In Albania it is mostly concentrated in: Tirana County, where 30 percent live, Elbasan County, where 14 percent live and Fier County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Albania this surname is found in 55 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 20 percent live and Greece, where 4 percent live.
Hoxha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Hoxha are 6.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.42% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hoxha earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 70.05% less than the national average, earning €8,994 per year; in Norway they earn 25.5% less than the national average, earning 257,813 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.63% more than the national average, earning $44,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.66% less than the national average, earning $40,908 CAD per year.
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