Explore the Family Name Khoja

The meaning of Khoja

Muslim: from Arabic khoja ‘khoja’, an honorific title for a man of distinction, such as professor or teacher in a Muslim school or college. It is of Persian origin (see Khawaja).

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How common is the last name Khoja in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Khoja has noticeably increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Khoja surname was ranked 72,905 in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had climbed to a rank of 48,628, marking a significant leap of 33.3%. Likewise, there's been an impressive 75% increase in the count of people with the Khoja surname in the United States, from 248 in 2000 to 434 in 2010. This data also shows that the proportion of people named Khoja per 100k population increased by 66.67% over these ten years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,905	#48,628	33.3%
Count	248	434	75%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.15	66.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Khoja

Looking at its ethnic identity distribution, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that most individuals with the Khoja surname identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, increasing from 75% in 2000 to 79.49% in 2010. The number of Khojas identifying with two or more races decreased by almost half, from 15.73% to 8.06%. Interestingly, the percentage of Khojas identifying as White saw a slight rise from 8.06% to 9.68%. A new addition to the ethnicity table in 2010 was the Hispanic category, accounting for 1.84% of Khojas. There were no changes in the categories of Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, remaining at 0% in both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	75%	79.49%	5.99%
White	8.06%	9.68%	20.1%
Two or More Races	15.73%	8.06%	-48.76%
Hispanic	0%	1.84%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%