Show ContentsCoche History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Coche family

The surname Coche was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this celebrated family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Coche family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coche research. Another 170 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1606, 1612, 1634, 1669, 1700, 1763, 1791 and 1792 are included under the topic Early Coche History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coche Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cochet, Cocher, Cochez, Coché, Cochée, Cochait, Cochaie, Cochaies, Cochey, Cochest, Cochais, Cuchet, Cauchy, Cuchet, Cuché, Cuchez, Cucher, Cuchest, Cuchait, Cuchais and many more.

Early Notables of the Coche family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

  • Christophe Cochet, known in Rome under the name Cristoforo Coscetti or Coscietti (c. 1606 - 1634), a 17th-century French sculptor...
  • Son of the Parisian master mason Jean Cochet, he began training as a sculptor with Pierre Biard the Elder, and was already a sculptor when first mentioned in 1606...
  • His sister, Germaine Cochet, married the sculptor Simon Guillain in 1612...

Coche Ranking

In France, the name Coche is the 3,988th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Coche migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Coche Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Domindo Coche, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1823 2
  • Joseph De Coche, aged 25, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1838 2


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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