Explore the Family Name Ochsner

The meaning of Ochsner

German (also Öchsner): occupational name for someone who looked after or worked with oxen, from an agent derivative of Middle High German ohse ‘ox’. Compare Oechsner.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ochsner had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Ochsner was ranked 15,627th in terms of surname prevalence but fell to 16,064th place by 2010, marking a decline of around 2.8%. However, the total count of people bearing the surname Ochsner increased by about 5.01%, from 1,717 in 2000 to 1,803 in 2010. Nevertheless, as a proportion of all surnames, Ochsner decreased by around 4.69 per 100,000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,627	#16,064	-2.8%
Count	1,717	1,803	5.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.64	0.61	-4.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ochsner

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides information about the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ochsner. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although there was a slight decrease from 96.74% in 2000 to 95.84% in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic increased most significantly, from 1.57% in 2000 to 2.22% in 2010, a change of approximately 41.40%. People identifying with two or more ethnicities decreased by approximately 10.75%, whereas those identifying as Black showed a minor decrease of about 5.71%. Interestingly, no people with the surname were recorded as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, but by 2010, these categories accounted for 0.28% and 0.50% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.74%	95.84%	-0.93%
Hispanic	1.57%	2.22%	41.4%
Two or More Races	0.93%	0.83%	-10.75%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.5%	0%
Black	0.35%	0.33%	-5.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.28%	0%