The Hoke surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,096 people carried this name — #3,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 8,531 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 25 people named Hoke live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 20
Antwerp 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Hoke is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hoke was counted together with Hoch: 38 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 219 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hoch, Hock, Hocks, Hoke. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 28
Maine 3
Virginia 3
New York 2
Maryland 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hoke in American newspapers,
1904–1914.

Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Hoke
The Starkville News 1904-12-09
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Hoke
The Daily Missoulian 1914-05-24
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Hoke
The Hattiesburg News 1910-11-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 136,871 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hoke in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

415 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hoke. The most, 94, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 130
Victoria 116
Queensland 88
South Australia 34
Tasmania 23
Western Australia 18

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hoke.

Who carried it

People named Hoke,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Hoke
    Robert Hoke 1837–1912 · military personnel
  • Chester "Bromley" Hoke
    Chester "Bromley" Hoke 1847–1913 · military officer
  • Earl L. Hoke d. 1997 · entomologist
  • Frances Hoke 1815–1868
  • John Franklin Hoke 1820–1888 · lawyer
  • William A. Hoke 1851–1925 · judge

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hoke,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States585 records

585 records of the Hoke name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 356
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 26
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Norman M. Hoke

    Born 1924 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Thomas Hoke

    Born 1948; from Elmendorf Afb, Alaska. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Hoke

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Indiana from Bremen and Southampton, aged 39; merchant. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 585 records for Hoke in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany114 records

114 records of the Hoke name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ferdinand Höke

    Born 1882; from Dortmund. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 30 November 1915; then listed as returned from captivity in the list of 2 January 1917 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 37).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Höke

    From Gadderbaum, Bielefeld. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 7 June 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 55).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Willy Höke

    From Potsdam. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 14 January 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 417).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 114 records for Hoke in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands17 records

17 records of the Hoke name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 13
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catharina Harmanna Höke

    Born 1854 in Obergum (Winsum). Married in 1879 in Winsum. Died 1939 in Obergum (Winsum), aged 85.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Harmanna Helena Höke

    Born 1849 in Obergum (Winsum). Married in 1875 in Winsum. Died 1935 in Obergum (Winsum), aged 85.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Maria Höke

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1908 in Brenkhausen.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Hoke in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France8 records

8 records of the Hoke name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Selma Hoke

    Born 1975 in Saint-Mihiel (Meuse); died 1996 in Châlons-sur-Marne (Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record James Kraft Hoke

    Born 1912 in the United States; died 1999 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sabine Hoke

    Born 1965 in Turkey; died 1996 in Châlons-sur-Marne (Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Hoke in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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