Khwaja

English

Etymology

Variant of Khawaja.

Proper noun

Khwaja (plural Khwajas)

A surname from Persian.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Khwaja is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Khwaja is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.23%), White (17.88%) and Mixed Race (12.48%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Khwaja”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.

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