# Khawaja (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/khawaja/  
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 Persian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Persian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,475 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,648 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 209,319 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (992 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Khwaja |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Khawaja 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) | 18% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 76% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Khawaja in Bahrain, Australia and the Kingdom of Denmark.

## People named Khawaja

- Maryam al-Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist
- Usman Khawaja, Australian cricketer
- Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist

## Similar surnames

Koch, Keys, Keyes, Keck, Kish, Koss, Kwok, Koski, Keough, Kwak, Kiss, Kass.

## 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.