Explore the Family Name Bockhorst

The meaning of Bockhorst

North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of the places called Bockhorst (in northern Germany) or Bokhorst (in the Netherlands), so named with Middle Low German bōke ‘beech tree’ + horst, hurst ‘thicket, undergrowth’. This form of the surname is not found in the Netherlands, anymore. Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Kurt.

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How common is the last name Bockhorst in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bockhorst rose in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 72,466th most common surname, but by 2010, it had jumped to the 67,943rd position, a change of 6.24 percent. The count of individuals with this surname also increased during this decade, from 250 to 290, marking a 16 percent growth. Similarly, the proportion of individuals named Bockhorst per 100k people grew by 11.11 percent, from 0.09 to 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,466	#67,943	6.24%
Count	250	290	16%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.1	11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bockhorst

Looking at the ethnic identity of those bearing the Bockhorst surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals a predominance of white individuals. In both 2000 and 2010, the percentage of white individuals carrying this name was over 98 percent. There was a slight increase in this percentage from 2000 to 2010, going up by 0.17 percent to reach 98.97 percent. There were no reported instances of the Bockhorst surname within Asian/Pacific Islander, two or more races, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.8%	98.97%	0.17%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%