Kocher Surname
Approximately 17,889 people bear this surname
Kocher Surname User-submission:
The Kocher surname means 'cooker' or 'chef' in German, Bavarian, Swiss German, similar to Koch in standard German.
Kocher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,009 | 1:45,256 | 5,526 |
| Switzerland | 2,701 | 1:3,041 | 390 |
| Germany | 2,539 | 1:31,708 | 4,169 |
| France | 1,532 | 1:43,357 | 5,471 |
| Austria | 1,122 | 1:7,590 | 957 |
| India | 594 | 1:1,291,356 | 50,777 |
| Canada | 324 | 1:113,721 | 12,112 |
| Israel | 212 | 1:40,366 | 5,515 |
| Ecuador | 194 | 1:81,989 | 5,738 |
| Poland | 112 | 1:339,364 | 38,722 |
| Iraq | 94 | 1:372,571 | 6,843 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Russia | 35 | 1:4,117,802 | 198,221 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Kazakhstan | 19 | 1:930,658 | 56,702 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,120 | 1:44,838 | 5,184 |
The alternate forms: Köcher (3,734) are calculated separately.
Kocher (221) may also be a first name.
Kocher Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Kocher surname means 'cooker' or 'chef' in German, Bavarian, Swiss German, similar to Koch in standard German.
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Kocher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kocher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kocher (Hindi: कोचर, Marathi: कोचर, Russian: Кочер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms: Köcher. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kocher? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,887th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 407,376 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Kocher reside; 47 percent reside in North America and 47 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 606,684th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 221 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 8,009 people, or 1 in 45,256. In The United States Kocher is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 22 percent are found, Illinois, where 10 percent are found and Ohio, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 59 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 14 percent are found.
Kocher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kocher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kocher surname expanded 715 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 553 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kocher Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kocher surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kocher last name are 10.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.6% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kocher earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.98% less than the national average, earning 190,397 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 132.38% more than the national average, earning R 552,216 per year; in United States they earn 0.08% less than the national average, earning $43,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.78% more than the national average, earning $55,041 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kocher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kocher in the Hindi language | ||
| कोचर | kocara | 84.62 |
| कोछेर | kochera | 15.38 |
| Kocher in the Marathi language | ||
| कोचर | kocara | 57.14 |
| कोचेर | kocera | 35.71 |
| कोचेर् | kocer | 7.14 |
| Kocher in the Russian language | ||
| Кочер | kocer | - |
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