Hocher

surname · Latin script

Hocher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: to nod (move one's head).

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 175K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 373K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 415K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈220 people, est.

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Höcher in AT Austria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to nod (move one's head)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hocher counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hocher is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈220 est.≈1 in 373K—Hocher44
US United States≈89 est.≈1 in 3.7MlistedHocher69
CH Switzerland481 in 175K48Hocher10
AT Austria≈21 est.≈1 in 415K—Höcher13
NL Netherlands≈21 est.≈1 in 827K—Hocher4
PL Poland≈15 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Hocher1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hocher is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Höcher

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Chile, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Höcher

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Höcher

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Höcher

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Höcher

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Hocher
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202448#19,268
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hocher mean, and where does it come from?
to nod (move one's head) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Hocher?
In the etymology graph, Hochet is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Hocher have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 215 people named Hocher in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hocher.
Where is Hocher most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hocher is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 175 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hocher?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 48 people named Hocher in 2024, about 1 in 175 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hocher”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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