Hoser

surname · Latin script

Meaning: One who operates a hose, e.g

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hoser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 159K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.8Mas Hoeser
  • ATAustria≈1 in 108K

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 Hoser 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)

≈510 people, est.

Sources
85 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 108K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

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 Hoeser in DZ Algeria.

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)

One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hoser 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 Hoser is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈510 est.≈1 in 159K—Hoser56
US United States120as Hoeser1 in 2.8M132Hoser85
TR Türkiye≈120 est.≈1 in 707K—Hoser5
AT Austria≈82 est.≈1 in 108K—Hoser18
DZ Algeria≈53 est.≈1 in 812K—Hoeser1
PL Poland511 in 751K28Hoser1
CH Switzerland291 in 290K29Hoser6

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 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (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)

Hoser is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Hoşer, Höser

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Hoşer, Höser

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Hoşer, Höser

  • Czech surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Hoşer

  • Bangla surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India

    Also written হোসের

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Hoşer

23 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Josef Hoser, b. 1770Piotr Hoser, b. 1818Franz Hoser, b. 1874Henryk Franciszek Hoser, b. 1942Tereza Hossa, b. 1995

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Hoser
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000125#126,400
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202429#28,044
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202628—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—28#72,995
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202623—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—23#82,116
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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

Where does the name Hoser come from?
One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Hoser mean?
Recorded meaning: One who operates a hose, e.g.
In which country does Hoser have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 505 people named Hoser in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hoser.
How common is the name Hoser?
In Poland, the national register counted 51 people named Hoser in 2026, about 1 in 751 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, “Hoser”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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