# Kochevar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kochevar/  
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 | Slovene |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 733 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 421,208 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (699 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hocevar, Hochevar, Kocevar |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Kočevar (a habitational name), from the Kočevsko region, in Lower Carniola, which is named after the city of Kočevje, a derivative of hoja (“fir tree”), altered under the influence of the German name of the city, Gottschee.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kochevar 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Kasper, Kaspar, Kasprzak, Kasprzyk.

## 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.