Schoch

English

Etymology

As a south German surname, from Schock (“heap, haystack”). Compare Schober, Schock.
As a Germanized Slavic surname, from Lower Sorbian Čoch, also found as Zoch, from Polish czochrać (“to scratch, tousle”).

Proper noun

Schoch (plural Schoches)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Schoch is the 10260^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3141 individuals. Schoch is most common among White (94.52%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schoch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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