Khoja Surname
Approximately 23,221 people bear this surname
Khoja Surname User-submission:
Khodja is a Turkish word meaning 'teacher' or 'horse breeders', a title for several families spread between Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Syria.
Khoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,157 | 1:124,584 | 8,030 |
| Libya | 5,535 | 1:1,128 | 293 |
| Iran | 3,218 | 1:23,860 | 3,003 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,981 | 1:10,351 | 1,441 |
| Afghanistan | 1,272 | 1:25,278 | 1,186 |
| Syria | 1,205 | 1:16,017 | 1,248 |
| United States | 539 | 1:672,466 | 53,587 |
| Pakistan | 509 | 1:350,970 | 6,945 |
| United Arab Emirates | 256 | 1:35,790 | 3,775 |
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| Canada | 225 | 1:163,758 | 16,499 |
| Lebanon | 138 | 1:40,848 | 3,720 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Jordan | 104 | 1:85,023 | 6,561 |
| England | 88 | 1:633,160 | 37,224 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Khoja (3,269) may also be a first name.
Khoja Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Khodja is a Turkish word meaning 'teacher' or 'horse breeders', a title for several families spread between Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Syria.
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Khoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khoja (Arabic: خوجا, Georgian: ხოჯა, Hindi: खोजा, Marathi: खोजा, Oriya: େଖାଜା) is most common in India. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khoja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,344th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 313,834 people. The last name Khoja occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Khoja reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 27 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 125,207th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 3,269 people.
The last name Khoja is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 6,157 people, or 1 in 124,584. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 53 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 21 percent live and Maharashtra, where 15 percent live. Aside from India this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 24 percent live and Iran, where 14 percent live.
Khoja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Sunni (64%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Khoja last name are 19.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.34% registered with the political party.
The amount Khoja earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 53.21% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,700 per year; in South Africa they earn 143.94% more than the national average, earning R 579,696 per year; in United States they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning $45,285 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.09% more than the national average, earning $57,182 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khoja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khoja in the Oriya language | ||
| େଖାଜା | ekhaja | - |
| Khoja in the Hindi language | ||
| खोजा | khoja | 99.51 |
| खोजे | khoje | 0.49 |
| Khoja in the Georgian language | ||
| ხოჯა | khoja | 96.43 |
| ყოჯა | qoja | 3.57 |
| Khoja in the Marathi language | ||
| खोजा | khoja | 82.83 |
| खॉजा | khoja | 15.7 |
| कोजा | koja | 0.31 |
| खोजे | khoje | 0.31 |
| Khoja in the Arabic language | ||
| خوجا | khwja | - |
| خوجي | khwjy | - |
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