Coché History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Bavaria, Germany is the ancestral home of the Coché family. The Coché surname is derived from the Latin word "coquus," which denotes the "art of cookery." Coché was originally an occupational name, for a cook.

Early Origins of the Coché family

The surname Coché was first found in Bavaria, where the family made a considerable contribution to the feudal society which shaped modern Europe.

Early History of the Coché family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coché research. Another 296 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1544, 1552, 1637, 1688, 1694, 1738, 1747, 1748, 1769, 1815 and 1852 are included under the topic Early Coché History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coché Spelling Variations

In the medieval era, many different cultural groups lived in the German states. There are thus many regional variations of German surnames from that era. Westphalians spoke Low German, which is similar to modern Dutch. Many German names carry suffixes that identify where they came from. Others have phrases attached that identify something about the original bearer. Other variations in German names resulted from the fact that medieval scribes worked without the aid of any spelling rules. The spelling variations of the name Coché include Koch, Koche, Kochen, Koech, Koeche, Koechen, Coch, Coche, Cochen, Coech, Coeche, Coechen, Koechle, Koechly, Koechli, Kock, Kochs, Kocks and many more.

Early Notables of the Coché family

Prominent among members of the name Coché in this period include Conrad Reinhold von Koch, an advisor on justice at the royal Schleswig-Holstein court, who was knighted in 1769. He was born in 1738 as the son of a chamberlain of the court at Darmstadt and was the brother of the famous scholar and professor of state law at the University of Strassburg...
Another 62 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Coché Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coché Ranking

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

Coché migration to the United States +

Thousands of German settlers came to North America between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries. The hardships of the long voyage were balanced by the opportunity to escape poverty and religious persecution. The descendents of these settlers still populate the states of Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. Many also live in Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Coché or a variant listed above:

Coché 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

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)