How common is the surname Ochs?

5,901 people in the United States had the surname Ochs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,321 Americans. It ranked 5,853rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ochs?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ochs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ochs?

Phil Ochs, American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976), followed by Jacques Ochs.

Where is the surname Ochs most common?

Wikidata records people named Ochs in the United States, Belgium and Austria.

Is the surname Ochs getting more or less common?

More common. 5,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,901 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Ochs

A surname, carried by 5,901 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex O200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ochs is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,901 people named Ochs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,321 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,827.

#5,853

rank among US surnames

5,901

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,845	Wingo	5,913	52,215
#5,847	Stoltz	5,912	52,224
#5,848	Neubauer	5,911	52,232
#5,849	Hatten	5,907	52,268
#5,850	Alt	5,906	52,277
#5,851	Tull	5,904	52,294
#5,852	Sayles	5,902	52,312

Who is named Ochs

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

96% of people named Ochs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ochss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Phil Ochs
American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976)
Jacques Ochs
Belgian artist and fencer (1883-1971)
Adolph Ochs
American newspaper publisher (1858–1935)
Robyn Ochs
American activist, born 1958
Cam
American country music singer and songwriter, born 1984
Ressel Orla
Austrian actress (1889-1931)

Notable Ochss come mostly from the United States (4), Belgium (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ochs

Ochoa

Ochs has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.

Questions

How common is the surname Ochs?: 5,901 people in the United States had the surname Ochs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,321 Americans. It ranked 5,853rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ochs?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ochs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ochs?: Phil Ochs, American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976), followed by Jacques Ochs.
Where is the surname Ochs most common?: Wikidata records people named Ochs in the United States, Belgium and Austria.
Is the surname Ochs getting more or less common?: More common. 5,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,901 in 2010, up 1.3%.