Hochmann Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Behind the Hochmann surname stands Hoch, a German name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Hochmann adds -mann to the root of Hoch, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

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