# Hocking (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hocking/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,969 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,748 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 103,990 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (2,934 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hocking in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hocking in Australia and the United States.

## People named Hocking

- William Ernest Hocking, American philosopher (1873-1966)
- Amanda Hocking, American writer (1984-)
- Belinda Hocking, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist
- John Hocking, Australian lawyer
- Murray Hocking, badminton player from Australia

## Similar surnames

Hoskins, Houchins, Huckins, Hosking, Hockensmith, Hawkins, Higgins, Huggins, Haskins, Hagans, Hawkinson, Hoskinson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.