Hoch surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Hoch surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,048 people carried this name — #4,605 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,300 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

395 people named Hoch live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 93
St. Gallen 69
Basel-Landschaft 65
Basel-Stadt 27
Lucerne 21
Thurgau 19
Aargau 19
Vaud 17

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 331 people named Hoch.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Bas-Rhin 158
Paris 46
Moselle 45
Haut-Rhin 19
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Yvelines 6
Haute-Saône 5
Loire 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

90 people named Hoch have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 266 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Greater Poland 38
Silesian 21
Masovian 13
Łódź 10
Lower Silesian 3
Pomeranian 3
Warmian-Masurian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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