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    The surname Kocher

    A German surname, carried by 6,308 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K260

    Kocher: #5,514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kocher #5,514, 6,308 people Kocher: #5,514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kocher #5,514, 6,308 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kocher is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Köcher.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,308 people named Kocher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,945 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,900.

    #5,514
    rank among US surnames
    6,308
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,429)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,505McLellan6,31848,868
    #5,507Myer6,31748,875
    #5,508Parsley6,31548,891
    #5,510Passmore6,31448,899
    #5,511Manns6,31248,914
    #5,512Overby6,31148,922
    #5,513Morehouse6,30948,937

    Who is named Kocher

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

    94% of people named Kocher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kochers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Martin Kocher
      Austrian economist, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kocher

    Kocher has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kocher come from?
    Borrowed from German Köcher.
    How common is the surname Kocher?
    6,308 people in the United States had the surname Kocher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,945 Americans. It ranked 5,514th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kocher?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kocher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kocher?
    Martin Kocher, Austrian economist.
    Where is the surname Kocher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kocher in Austria.
    Is the surname Kocher getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,308 in 2010, up 6.9%.