# Khouri (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/khouri/  
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 Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,173 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,081 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 263,210 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.9% (1,087 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Coury, Elkhoury, Khoury |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy, “curate, priest”), from Latin curia.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Khouri 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Khouri in the United States.

## People named Khouri

- Callie Khouri, American screenwriter, producer and director

## Similar surnames

Khoury, Koury, Kohr, Kuhr, Kor, Kaur, Kerr, Karr, Kier, Kerry, Kear, Kehr.

## 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.