Khoury
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Arabic khurT ‘priest’, in particular a Christian priest
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkaʊɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Khoury is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Lebanon it is the 23rd most common surname.
- LBLebanon≈1 in 807(inferred from the name graph)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 2.7K
- SYSyria≈1 in 5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 381 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 807 (inferred from the name graph)
≈38,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Lebanon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Arabic khurT ‘priest’, in particular a Christian priest.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Khoury counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Khoury | 6 |
| LB Lebanon | #23 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 807 | — | Khoury | 116 |
| US United States | — | 5,753 | 1 in 58K | 6K | Khoury | 381 |
| SY Syria | #232 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Khoury | 37 |
| JO Jordan | #713 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Khoury | 67 |
| IL Israel | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Khoury | 69 |
| CY Cyprus | #38 | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Khoury | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Faris al-Khouryb. 1877SYSyrian politician (1877-1962)
- Bechara El Khouryb. 1890LBFirst President of Lebanon (1890-1964)
- Kūlīt al-Khūrīb. 1931SYnot in their usual nameSyrian writer
- Huguette Calandb. 1931LBnot in their usual nameLebanese artist (1931–2019)
- Driss El Khourib. 1939MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan writer (1939-2022)
- Makram Khouryb. 1945ILArab-Israeli actor of Palestinian descent
- Elias Khouryb. 1948LBContemporary Lebanese novelist, critic publisher (1948–2024)
- Jamil Khouryb. 1953ILArab-Israeli actor and composer of Palestinian descent
- Clara Khouryb. 1976USAmerican actress of Palestinian descent
- George Khouryb. 1983ILIsraeli murder victim (1983–2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 6K | #5,591 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.8K | #5,980 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.8K | #6,480 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Khoury mean, and where does it come from?
- from Arabic khurT ‘priest’, in particular a Christian priest. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Khoury?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkaʊɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Khoury have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 38 thousand people named Khoury in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled khoury.
- How common is the name Khoury?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,753 people named Khoury in 2010, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.
- How common is Khoury compared with other names?
- In Lebanon, Khoury is the 23rd most common surname of 45,185 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/khouryThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Khoury” — the 23rd most common surname in Lebanon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.