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    The surname Khawaja

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,475 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K200

    Khawaja: #18,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Khawaja #18,648, 1,475 people Khawaja: #18,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Khawaja #18,648, 1,475 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Khawaja is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja).

    One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,475 people named Khawaja in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 992.

    #18,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,475
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.7%
    change since 2000 (was #23,796)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,640Nees1,476209,177
    #18,648Spafford1,475209,319

    Who is named Khawaja

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

    76% of people named Khawaja identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Khawajas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maryam al-Khawaja
      Bahraini human rights activist, born 1987
    • Usman Khawaja
      Australian cricketer, born 1986
    • Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
      Bahraini human rights activist, born 1961

    Notable Khawajas come mostly from Bahrain (1), Australia (1) and the Kingdom of Denmark (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Khwaja

    Khawaja has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Khawaja come from?
    Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja).
    How common is the surname Khawaja?
    1,475 people in the United States had the surname Khawaja in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. It ranked 18,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Khawaja?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Khawaja identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Khawaja?
    Maryam al-Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist, followed by Usman Khawaja.
    Where is the surname Khawaja most common?
    Wikidata records people named Khawaja in Bahrain, Australia and the Kingdom of Denmark.
    Is the surname Khawaja getting more or less common?
    More common. 992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,475 in 2010, up 49%.
    What are other spellings of Khawaja?
    Khwaja.