How common is the surname Kochan?

1,365 people in the United States had the surname Kochan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kochan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kochan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kochan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Kochan

A surname, carried by 1,365 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kochan is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

* Czech, Polish, Sorbian, and Slovak Kochan, all meaning "beloved" * Ukrainian Кохан (Koxan) * respelling of Slovak and Slovene Kočan

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,365 people named Kochan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,359.

#19,731

rank among US surnames

1,365

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,682)

Who is named Kochan

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

96% of people named Kochan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kochan

Kochan has the Soundex code K250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K250.

Questions

Where does the surname Kochan come from?: * Czech, Polish, Sorbian, and Slovak Kochan, all meaning "beloved" * Ukrainian Кохан (Koxan) * respelling of Slovak and Slovene Kočan
How common is the surname Kochan?: 1,365 people in the United States had the surname Kochan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kochan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kochan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kochan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 0.4%.