Khwaja
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Khawaja.
Proper noun edit
Khwaja (plural Khwajas)
- A surname from Persian.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Khwaja is the 40672nd 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Khwaja”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.