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
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Hoxha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoxha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hoxha has its highest incidence in Albania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoxha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 9,762nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 125,999 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Hoxha live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent live in Albano-Europe. Hoxha is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 29 people.
It is the most numerous surname in one country:Albania, where 69 percent live. This surname is most frequently held in Albania, where it is borne by 40,099 people, or 1 in 73. In Albania it is most numerous in: Tirana County, where 30 percent live, Elbasan County, where 14 percent live and Fier County, where 11 percent live. Aside from Albania this last name exists 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 those holding the Hoxha surname are 6.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US 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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