Explore the Family Name Hochrein

The meaning of Hochrein

German: either a distinguishing name of a person named Rein (see Rein) living at a high location, from Middle High German hōh ‘high’, or a topographic name, which is more likely, denoting a high berm or embankment, from Middle Low German rein ‘edge of a field, border, berm’. Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Heinz, Otto.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hochrein has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. Ranked at 75,695 in 2000, it dropped to 79,846 in 2010, marking a 5.48% decrease. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals bearing the Hochrein name remained somewhat stable, growing slightly from 237 in 2000 to 238 in 2010 – a marginal increase of 0.42%. However, the proportion of people with the Hochrein surname per 100,000 decreased by 11.11%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#75,695	#79,846	-5.48%
Count	237	238	0.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hochrein

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that most individuals with the Hochrein surname identify as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 94.94% in 2000 to 92.44% in 2010. The population identifying as Hispanic also saw a decline, from 2.95% in 2000 to 2.10% in 2010. No Hochreins identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year. Interestingly, there was an emergence of Hochreins identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native (3.36%) and Two or more races (2.10%) in 2010, which were not present in the 2000 census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.94%	92.44%	-2.63%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	3.36%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	2.1%	0%
Hispanic	2.95%	2.1%	-28.81%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%