Hocquet is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hocquet
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Name focused in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Varientes: Hiccups, Hocquette, hiccups. Its meaning is difficult to establish, as the possibilities are numerous. It could be a diminutive of Old French hoc (= hook hoe, leadership). But hiccups word can also have a sense of shock, jolt, or trap, deception. Not to be overlooked either hiccups Walloon (= heap), sometimes used as a place name. To finally consider the diminutive of a personal name (see Hoche).

How popular is Hocquet?

Hocquet is common in France.

Hocquet is ranked 180565 on our list.

Hocquet is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Belgium. Around 1972 people have been found who wears Hocquet as their family name. Hocquet have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
901,054 United States8
340,120 Canada4
6,266 Luxembourg2
151,601 Spain1
107,212 South Africa1
81,201 Switzerland1
118,015 Netherlands1
38,830 Morocco1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
31,207 Ireland1
30,360 Thailand1
Countries with hundreds of Hocquet:
5,335 Belgium334
Countries with thousands of Hocquet:
5,196 France1,616

Comments

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Luciana Nehls
Hocquet is an infrequent family name, had several former french jolt signifiecations, shepherd stick, hook also had a sense of chicanery, nickname Quibbler.

Hocquet Namesakes

  • Greg Hocquet, from 2016 drama movie La femme qui voulait être heureuse, who played Man in the tramway.

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