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    The surname Hocker

    A surname, carried by 3,229 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H260

    Hocker: #9,989 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hocker #9,989, 3,229 people Hocker: #9,989 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hocker #9,989, 3,229 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hocker is more common than 93.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,229 people named Hocker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,616 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,120.

    #9,989
    rank among US surnames
    3,229
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,559)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,983Line3,23195,557
    #9,987Chavers3,23095,587
    #9,989Sonnenberg3,22995,616
    #9,991Leek3,22895,646
    #9,994Shoaf3,22795,676
    #9,997Sword3,22595,735
    #9,998Jaques3,22495,765

    Who is named Hocker

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

    80% of people named Hocker identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hockers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cole Hocker
      American middle-distance runner, born 2001

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hocker

    Hocker has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hocker?
    3,229 people in the United States had the surname Hocker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,616 Americans. It ranked 9,989th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hocker?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Hocker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hocker?
    Cole Hocker, American middle-distance runner.
    Where is the surname Hocker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hocker in the United States.
    Is the surname Hocker getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,229 in 2010, up 3.5%.