The koch Surname
koch Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German koch, German Koch ‘cook’ (cognate with Latin coquus). The name in this sense is widespread throughout eastern and central Europe, and is also well established in Denmark.
- Czech and Slovak: from a pet form of any of several medieval personal names beginning with Ko-, for example Kochan, Kocián, Kojata, and Kosmas.
- Polish: nickname from kochac ‘to love’ (see Kochan).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| KOCH Anna WERLE 1900-1964 |
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| KOCH, Wisconsin | beth | 4 |
| Koch / Kinnamon |
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| John Koch and Anna (Hansen) Koch, Bible Grove, Illinois |
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| Seeking Koch family from Germany to Chicago area |
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| Koch from Eisfeld | Dieter Groeschel | 1 |
| KOCH in South Africa | DEREK KOCH | 1 |
| JACOB ANNA KOCH; from Tamins, Switzerland 1865 | Cherie Koch | 6 |
| Robert Koch married Cora McGarvey ______? |
 janemartin1941
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| Frank Koch, Switzerland | chicka2962 | 0 |
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