# Khoja (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/khoja/  
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 Gujarati

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Gujarati |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 434 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,628 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 711,395 people |
| Change since 2000 | +75% (248 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ખોજા (khojā), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Ojha, hodja, Hoxha, and Upadhyaya.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Khoja 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) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 79% |
| Two or more races | 8.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Khoja in Albania.

## People named Khoja

- Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (1921–2020)

## 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.