How common is the surname Hoxha?

1,154 people in the United States had the surname Hoxha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. It ranked 22,334th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hoxha?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hoxha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hoxha?

Alban Hoxha, Albanian professional footballer.

Where is the surname Hoxha most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoxha in Albania.

Is the surname Hoxha getting more or less common?

More common. 481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,154 in 2010, up 140%.

The surname Hoxha

An Albanian surname, carried by 1,154 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoxha is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

Albanian origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,154 people named Hoxha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. That is up 140% since 2000, when the Census counted 481.

#22,334

rank among US surnames

1,154

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+139.9%

change since 2000 (was #42,437)

Who is named Hoxha

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Hoxha identified as white (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoxhas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alban Hoxha
Albanian professional footballer, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoxha

Hoch

Hoxha has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

Where does the surname Hoxha come from?: Borrowed from Albanian Hoxha. Doublet of Upadhyaya, Ojha, hodja, and Khoja.
How common is the surname Hoxha?: 1,154 people in the United States had the surname Hoxha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. It ranked 22,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoxha?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hoxha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hoxha?: Alban Hoxha, Albanian professional footballer.
Where is the surname Hoxha most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoxha in Albania.
Is the surname Hoxha getting more or less common?: More common. 481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,154 in 2010, up 140%.