Hocke
surname · Latin script
Meaning: squat, crouch (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈhɔkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hocke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.3M
- CZCzechia1 in 99K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hocke itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 99 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Hoecke in BE Belgium, FR France, NL Netherlands and 1 more.
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)
squat, crouch (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hocke 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Hocke | 90 |
| US United States | — | 142 | 1 in 2.3M | 182 | Hocke | 99 |
| FR France | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 494K | — | Hoecke | 91 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 108 | 1 in 99K | 108 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 252K | — | Hoecke | 17 |
| DK Denmark | — | 57 | 1 in 103K | 57 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | #934 | 26 | 1 in 451K | 26 | Hoecke | 74 |
| LS Lesotho | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 191K | — | Hoecke | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); MVČR — living population register 2017; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Hocke is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In gsw, to sit, crouch, perch
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdc, to sit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Gustav René Hockeb. 1908DEGerman journalist and author (1908–1985)
- Jean-Pierre Hockéb. 1938CHSwiss diplomat (1938–2021)
- Martin Hockeb. 1938GBBritish writer (1938-2005)
- Hans Hockeb. 1939ATAustrian fencer
- Rolf Hockeb. 1942DEGerman functionary and association football player (1942–2024)
- Holger Hockeb. 1945DEGerman coxswain
- Roman Hockeb. 1953ITauthor and editor (*1953)
- Stephan Hockeb. 1983DEski jumper
- Annika Hockeb. 2000DEGerman figure skater
- Bernard HockeUSactor
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)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 182 | #104,723 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 182 | #93,427 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 142 | #121,590 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 108 | #15,647 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 107 | #7,518 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 57 | #9,359 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 26 | #40,469 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Hocke mean, and where does it come from?
- squat, crouch (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Hocke?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhɔkə/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Hocke have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Hocke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hocke.
- How common is the name Hocke?
- In the United States, the national register counted 142 people named Hocke in 2010, about 1 in 2.3 million residents.
- How common is Hocke compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Hocke is the 934th most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hocke?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hockeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Hocke” — the 934th most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.