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The Ochs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,901 people carried this name — #5,853 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,827 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 243 people named Ochs.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Bas-Rhin 75
Moselle 69
Haut-Rhin 22
Paris 20
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Yvelines 5
Essonne 3
Savoie 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

96 people named Ochs live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 33
Vaud 27
Bern 12
Aargau 9
Jura 8
Thurgau 4
Basel-Stadt 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 25 people named Ochs live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 15
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Ochs in American newspapers,
1894–1917.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Iberian carrying the name Ochs
The Weekly Iberian 1907-05-04
Newspaper page from The New South carrying the name Ochs
The New South 1894-05-19
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Ochs
The Butte Daily Post 1917-03-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 246,871 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ochs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Ochs
    Peter Ochs 1752–1821 · writer
  • Sybille de Dietrich
    Sybille de Dietrich 1755–1806 · salonnière
  • Siegfried Ochs
    Siegfried Ochs 1858–1929 · composer
  • Adolph Ochs
    Adolph Ochs 1858–1935 · businessperson
  • Ludwig David Ochs 1779–1857 · farmer
  • Ludwig von Ochs 1804–1862 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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