Explore the Family Name Hockert

The meaning of Hockert

German (also Höckert): from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of hugi ‘heart, mind, spirit’ + hard ‘hardy, strong’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hockert was less common in 2010 than in 2000. In 2000, it ranked as the 56,979th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had fallen to the 70,645th spot—a decline of nearly 24%. The total count of people with this surname also decreased from 335 in 2000 to 277 in 2010, a drop of over 17%. The proportion of individuals with the surname Hockert per 100,000 population went down by 25%, from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,979	#70,645	-23.98%
Count	335	277	-17.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.09	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hockert

Looking at the ethnicity associated with the surname Hockert, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with this surname are of White ethnicity. However, there was a small decrease in the percentage from 94.33% in 2000 to 92.78% in 2010. During the same period, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic fell by 13.40%, from 2.09% to 1.81%. There were no people identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black having this surname in either year. Interestingly, in 2010, the surname began to be associated with the American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identity, accounting for 3.61% of the Hockerts. Meanwhile, the data for those identifying with two or more races was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons, after previously being at 2.09% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.33%	92.78%	-1.64%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	3.61%	0%
Hispanic	2.09%	1.81%	-13.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.09%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%