Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is seen here in January 2015 at an event for the Miracle On Ice Fantasy Camp in Lake Placid. (Enterprise photo — Matt Turner)

ALBANY — Kathy Hochul, New York’s governor in waiting, has a simple way of reminding people how to pronounce her last name.

It rhymes with “local.”

Hochul — that is HOE-kull, if you’re saying it out loud — rocketed into the national spotlight Tuesday after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation, effective in 14 days.

A quick search of social media showed hundreds of posts from people wondering how, exactly, to pronounce her surname as she gets ready to become New York’s chief executive.

Some news personnel seemed to struggle with it, as well. Tucker Carlson of Fox News, for example, pronounced it “HOE-chill.” A CNN anchor earlier in the day went with “HOTCH-ull.”

Hochul’s own staff seems to have been amused by some of the mispronunciations in recent weeks as Cuomo’s governorship was on the brink.

“FYA: It’s Hochul — rhymes with local,” Hochul communications director Bryan Lesswing tweeted Aug. 3.