Hochmuth
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nickname for a proud, arrogant, or high-spirited person, from Middle High German fioher muot ‘pride’, ‘joy’, or ‘arrogance’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Hochmuth is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)nickname for a proud, arrogant, or high-spirited person, from Middle High German fioher muot ‘pride’, ‘joy’, or ‘arrogance’ .
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Hochmuth is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Übername zu mhd. hochmuot, mnd. homōt 'hohe, edle Gesinnung', später oft 'Übermut/Hochmut'; 1132 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Karl von Hochmuthb. 1673DEBaltic German military personnel (1673-1736)
- Abraham Hochmuthb. 1816SKHungarian rabbi (1816-1889)
- Walter Hochmuthb. 1904DEGerman politician and diplomat, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime (1904-1979)
- Katharina Jacobb. 1907DEnot in their usual nameteacher and member of German Resistance against Nazism (1907-1989)
- Renate Hochmuthb. 1910DEGerman fighter against the Nazi regime, taylor, mayor and diplomat (1910-1998)
- Bruno Hochmuthb. 1911USCommanding General of the 3rd Marine Division (1911-1967)
- Arno Hochmuthb. 1930DEGerman politician (1930-2012)
- Ursel Hochmuthb. 1931DEGerman historian, documentarian and author (1931-2014)
- Peter Hochmuthb. 1934DEGerman historian
- Kristina Richterb. 1946DEnot in their usual nameGerman handball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)19 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 507 | #45,457 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 495 | #43,584 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 480 | #42,529 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 37 | #36,223 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 37 | #12,191 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 21 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 19 | #37,994 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 12 | #34,174 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 8 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7 | #47,575 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hochmuth mean, and where does it come from?
- nickname for a proud, arrogant, or high-spirited person, from Middle High German fioher muot ‘pride’, ‘joy’, or ‘arrogance’ . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Hochmuth have the most bearers?
- Hochmuth is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hochmuth”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.