Ochs is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ochs
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Worn in Alsace, could be a genitive of Osh (qv), but rather to think of the German "Ochs" (= beef, also man the heavy mind). The name refers to Ochsner share a cowherd, or a laborer (Alternative: Oechsner). Note the curious name Ochsenbein, word for word "beef up" (perhaps sign for an inn), carried in the Upper Rhine.

How popular is Ochs?

Ochs is common in Germany.

Ochs is ranked 31714 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ochs bearers increased by 1.26995 per cent in 2010 US census to 5901 since 2000, the surname slipped by 363 spots and ranked at 5853. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.59 96.53
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 1.63
Others 0.81 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.27
Black 0.15 0.33
Ochs is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Namibia is ahead in terms of density. Around 15796 people have been found who wears Ochs as their family name. Ochs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
46,707 New Zealand5
8,438 China5
32,086 Mexico3
67,494 South Africa3
95,312 Argentina2
65,594 Belgium2
18,625 Japan2
34,572 Israel2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
54,641 Sweden2
492,292 Ukraine1
30,360 Thailand1
174,544 Czech Republic1
24,176 Qatar1
38,841 Scotland1
13,606 Senegal1
12,745 Luxembourg1
53,033 Nigeria1
34,581 Chile1
42,479 Greece1
11,486 Estonia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,148 Spain32
75,259 Australia22
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
7,779 Uruguay61
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Ochs:
16,634 France576
1,086 Namibia326
7,758 Switzerland153
69,781 Brazil127
29,611 Canada114
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Ochs:
5,200 United States7,614
1,157 Germany6,456
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Helena Ochs worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for USA from London on Yorktown and arrived on September 12, 1849.

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Ochs is a family name of Alsace, meaning beef moniker that evoked body size, strength.

Ochs Namesakes

  • Alton Ochsner, Surgeon
  • Alyshia Ochse, Film actress
  • Phil Ochs, Singer-songwriter
  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., Publisher
  • John Ochsendorf, Structural engineer
  • Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, Actor
  • Phil Ochs, Singer-songwriter
  • Max Ochs, Musical Artist
  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Publisher
  • Pierre Ochs, Freestyle skier

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