Khawaja Surname
Approximately 65,804 people bear this surname
Khawaja Surname User-submission:
Persian/Arabic word meaning 'lord' or 'master', used as a family name in the Middle East and a surname in South Asia, is also linked ethnically to Kashmir and Bengal.
Khawaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 30,049 | 1:5,945 | 526 |
| Egypt | 12,600 | 1:7,296 | 888 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,320 | 1:4,882 | 659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,613 | 1:3,506 | 435 |
| Jordan | 2,019 | 1:4,380 | 881 |
| United States | 1,810 | 1:200,254 | 19,700 |
| Palestine | 1,682 | 1:2,704 | 574 |
| England | 1,568 | 1:35,534 | 4,682 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| Afghanistan | 1,086 | 1:29,607 | 1,277 |
| Oman | 840 | 1:4,390 | 633 |
| Canada | 617 | 1:59,717 | 7,040 |
| Lebanon | 537 | 1:10,497 | 1,565 |
| Kuwait | 444 | 1:8,560 | 1,174 |
| India | 435 | 1:1,763,369 | 63,044 |
| Bahrain | 353 | 1:3,820 | 655 |
| Qatar | 293 | 1:8,048 | 876 |
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Germany | 108 | 1:745,421 | 56,003 |
| Kenya | 103 | 1:448,349 | 23,733 |
| Australia | 90 | 1:299,952 | 26,269 |
| Syria | 84 | 1:229,774 | 4,172 |
| Norway | 72 | 1:71,421 | 10,051 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 1:263,862 | 33,208 |
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Sweden | 52 | 1:189,361 | 13,089 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Israel | 51 | 1:167,797 | 17,113 |
| Denmark | 42 | 1:134,398 | 12,049 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Scotland | 35 | 1:152,966 | 9,000 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Tunisia | 13 | 1:46,971 | 6,396 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Khawaja (67,554) may also be a first name.
Khawaja Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Persian/Arabic word meaning 'lord' or 'master', used as a family name in the Middle East and a surname in South Asia, is also linked ethnically to Kashmir and Bengal.
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Khawaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khawaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khawaja (Arabic: خواجا, Hindi: ख्वाजा, Marathi: ख्वाजा) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khawaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,640th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Khawaja reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Khawaja is also the 14,298th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 67,554 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 30,049 people, or 1 in 5,945. In Pakistan Khawaja is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Sindh, where 19 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 4 percent live. Beside Pakistan it occurs in 84 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 19 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live.
Khawaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Shiite (78%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Khawaja last name are 5.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.27% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Khawaja earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.33% less than the national average, earning 338,025 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.05% more than the national average, earning R 366,072 per year; in United States they earn 26.39% more than the national average, earning $54,534 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.82% more than the national average, earning $55,058 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khawaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khawaja in the Hindi language | ||
| ख्वाजा | khvaja | - |
| Khawaja in the Marathi language | ||
| ख्वाजा | khvaja | 34.25 |
| खवाजा | khavaja | 30.94 |
| खाजा | khaja | 19.89 |
| खावाजा | khavaja | 6.63 |
| खावजा | khavaja | 2.76 |
| खौजा | khauja | 1.66 |
| खवजा | khavaja | 1.1 |
| खैवाज | khaivaja | 0.55 |
| ख्वाज | khvaja | 0.55 |
| खाझा | khajha | 0.55 |
| खवज | khavaja | 0.55 |
| Khawaja in the Arabic language | ||
| خواجا | khwaja | - |
| خواجة | khwajt | - |
| خواجه | khwajh | - |
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