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    The surname Hock

    A surname, carried by 4,739 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Hock: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hock #7,061, 4,739 people Hock: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hock #7,061, 4,739 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hock is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,739 people named Hock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,058.

    #7,061
    rank among US surnames
    4,739
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,227)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,057Propst4,74365,095
    #7,059Maze4,74265,109
    #7,060Edgerton4,74065,136
    #7,061Wittman4,73965,150

    Who is named Hock

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Hock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hock

    Hock has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hock?
    4,739 people in the United States had the surname Hock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. It ranked 7,061st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hock?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hock getting more or less common?
    Less common. 5,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,739 in 2010, down 6.3%.