Worldwide, Koch (Koch 
, كوخ 
, 科克 
, among others...) is quite a rare gender-neutral given name. The first name Koch is characteristic of Sudan, where it is a rare epicene name, Switzerland, and Austria. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and Sudan. Much more prevalently, Koch is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Koch | Germany, Switzerland, United States, India, Brazil |
| كوخ | Sudan, Iraq, Jordan |
| 科克 | China |
| Кох | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Коч | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| קוך | Israel |
Koch is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| lorenz koch German painter (1661-1729), DE (b. 1661) |
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| jobst heinrich koch DE (b. 1700) |
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| ehrenreich christoph koch German theologian, DE (b. 1714) |
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melchior koch Norwegian merchant and politician, NO (b. 1795) |
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| primus koch DE (b. 1752) |
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koch antal geologist, paleontologist, minerologist (1843-1927), HU (b. 1843) |
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| zacharias karl christian koch DE (b. 1787) |
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| kaspar koch DE (b. 1824) |
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walo koch Swiss botanist (1896-1956), CH (b. 1896) |
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| gottlieb karl david von koch Wasserbauingenieur * 15.04.1852 Hüttengrund-Bernhardshütte/Thüringen † 28.06.1923 Bad Reichenhall Nach seiner Schulzeit in Aalen und Stuttgart studierte Alexander Koch in Stuttgart Eisenbahn- und Wasserbau und war dort später als Assistent und (b. 1852) |
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| hartmann koch (b. 1848) |
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bent a. koch Danish journalist and autobiographer (b. 1928) |
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| sumner l. koch (1888-1976) (b. 1888) |
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| elers koch (b. 1880) |
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wolf günther koch German cartographer and topographer, DE (b. 1943) |
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