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The Schoch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,141 people carried this name — #10,260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,802 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,750 people named Schoch live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 1,022
St. Gallen 351
Thurgau 254
Bern 209
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 184
Aargau 181
Solothurn 74
Vaud 65

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 377 people named Schoch.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Bas-Rhin 196
Haut-Rhin 67
Paris 21
Vosges 18
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Moselle 7
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Meuse 5

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 76 people named Schoch 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 37
Chaco 17
City of Buenos Aires 12
La Pampa 10

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

In print

Schoch in American newspapers,
1900–1919.

Newspaper page from Santa Fe New Mexican carrying the name Schoch
Santa Fe New Mexican 1900-10-09
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Schoch
Daily Kennebec Journal 1919-08-26
Newspaper page from The Manitowoc Pilot carrying the name Schoch
The Manitowoc Pilot 1903-04-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Schoch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frigyes Schoch d. 1924 · photographer
  • Giovanni Schoch d. 1888 · entrepreneur
  • Carl Schoch d. 1894 · politician
  • Otto Schoch d. 1930 · merchant
  • Wilhelm Schoch d. 1846
  • Carl Schoch d. 1928

Wikidata (CC0).

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