If last name hoch is jew or is arab and what mean?

Question:

If last name hoch is jew or is arab and what mean?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It could be Jewish, as there are 20 different people researching the HOCH surname at http://www.jewishgen.org . This is the largest Jewish Genealogy website on the Net.

If interested in who, you can go to the site and check its "Family Finder". You might have to get a research number and password, but that would be free.

from ancestry.com - HOCH - meaning

German: from Middle High German hoch ??high??; a habitational name from any of various places named Hoch, or a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of high land, or a descriptive nickname for a tall man, from the same word.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a tall person, from German hoch ??tall??, Yiddish hoykh.

Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Hodislav, composed of the elements hodi- ??to be fit or suited?? + slav ??glory??, ??splendor??.