# Hoxha (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoxha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Albanian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Albanian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,154 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,334 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 267,544 people |
| Change since 2000 | +140% (481 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Hoxha. Doublet of Upadhyaya, Ojha, hodja, and Khoja.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoxha in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hoxha in Albania.

## People named Hoxha

- Alban Hoxha, Albanian professional footballer

## Similar surnames

Hoch, Hayes, Hicks, Hess, House, Haas, Hays, Hickey, Hooks, Hawk, Hsu, Hogue.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.