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Origin of Hock Total Records: 6  Origin of Hock, Meaning of Hock Origin: This family is also known as Hock Von Zweibrucken. This name is from the Zweibrucken area of West Germany. The names Zweibrucken and Palatinate were interchangable. Area includes towns of Webenheim, Hornbach, Scwartzenbach, and Einod. The first enoblement of the family was in 1405 granted by Emperor charles IV. Surnames: Bohemian, Czech, Hock, Hok, Hoke, Hokova Submitted by: Staci Layton Origin of Hock, Meaning of Hock Origin: The Hackbarth surname has it's origins in Germany. More specifically, it seems to have originated from what was the Pomeranian region of Germany/Prussia. Now the region formerly known as Pomerania is split by the Oder River, with it's western half remaining part of Germany, but the eastern half becoming part of Poland. Surnames: Hackbart, Hackbarth, Hackbeck, Hackbird, Hackburt, Hockburt Submitted by: Mike Hackbarth Origin of Hock, Meaning of Hock Origin: The Frohocks originally came from the are which is around present day Germany or Poland. They then came to England, were they stayed for several hundred years, until they began to come to America, in the 1700's. Two main families came over. One settled in Maine and New england, and the other came to North or south Carolina and dispersed from there. Surnames: Frohock Submitted by: Alisha Frohock Origin of Hock, Meaning of Hock Origin: Essex, UK 1700-1800 Surnames: Shockford Submitted by: Thomas Peeke Origin of Hock, Meaning of Hock Origin: LARGE MAN Surnames: HOCKMAN Submitted by: HOCKMAN Origin of Hock, Meaning of Hock Origin: Milton Abbot, Devon. A cornish Word Surnames: Hockerday Submitted by: Paul 2/17/2012 4:20 PM Page 1 of 1

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