Arch Surname
Approximately 6,882 people bear this surname
Arch Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at an Arch or Vault. [French arche, Latin arc-us].
Arch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,755 | 1:206,529 | 20,244 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| England | 596 | 1:93,487 | 10,014 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Australia | 361 | 1:74,780 | 8,771 |
| Italy | 195 | 1:313,624 | 38,800 |
| Argentina | 194 | 1:220,327 | 18,124 |
| Indonesia | 168 | 1:787,198 | 59,965 |
| India | 132 | 1:5,811,101 | 137,947 |
| Austria | 132 | 1:64,511 | 9,977 |
| Canada | 128 | 1:287,856 | 26,805 |
| Cayman Islands | 128 | 1:499 | 79 |
| Israel | 94 | 1:91,039 | 10,708 |
| Germany | 78 | 1:1,032,121 | 70,345 |
| Mexico | 74 | 1:1,677,381 | 17,205 |
| Russia | 72 | 1:2,001,709 | 124,796 |
| Spain | 69 | 1:677,566 | 30,057 |
| Tanzania | 68 | 1:778,553 | 42,281 |
| Honduras | 61 | 1:144,532 | 1,951 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:63,154 | 5,613 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Jamaica | 22 | 1:130,452 | 4,751 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Vietnam | 10 | 1:9,264,605 | 2,710 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 536 | 1:45,476 | 5,659 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 183 | 1:274,419 | 22,265 |
Arch (19,530) may also be a first name.
Arch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at an Arch or Vault. [French arche, Latin arc-us].
From residence near one. A bridge is often provincially called an arch.
Or De Arques, from the Castle of Arques, near Dieppe. Osborne Giffard, Sire de Bolbec, m. c. 960 Ameline, sister of Gunnora, wife of Richard I. of Normandy, and had Walter, ancestor of the Earls of Bucks; and Geoffry, Viscount of Arches or Arques, afterwards Viscount of Rouen, and founder of Trinity du Mont, Rouen. William de Arcis, his son, in 1086 held estates from Odo of Bayeux and Lanfranc in Kent, and in Suffolk from Bernard de St. Audoen, and Robert Malet (Archaeologia, 1846, 216, &c.; Des Bois, Dict. de la Noblesse; La Roque, Mais. Harcourt, i. 174). Osborne de Archis, his son, made grants to St. Mary, York; and from him descended the family of Saville. Hubert de Arches occurs in Scotland 1165-1214 (Chart. Mailros).
From the French, Arques; in the Domesday Book, de Arches, de Arcis; personal name Tenant in chief in the Domesday Book, Henry de Arches held land in Yorkshire temp. King John.
Arch: the name of a peasant agitator in Essex, is from Arques in Seine-Inférieure; but there are several other localities of that name.
Arch Demographics
Average Male Arch Height
178.02 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Arch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arch (Bengali: অর্চ, Hindi: अर्च, Russian: Арч) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arch? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 71,708th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,058,928 people. The surname Arch is predominantly found in The Americas, where 34 percent of Arch are found; 28 percent are found in North America and 27 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 38,522nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 19,530 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,755 people, or 1 in 206,529. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 10 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States Arch is found in 92 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 12 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.
Arch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Arch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Arch last name expanded 959 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 111 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Arch Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Arch surname is primarily Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Arch surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% being registered with the political party.
The amount Arch earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning $46,318 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.89% more than the national average, earning $53,104 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arch Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arch in the Bengali language | ||
| অর্চ | arca | - |
| Arch in the Hindi language | ||
| अर्च | arca | 72.73 |
| आर्च | arca | 27.27 |
| Arch in the Russian language | ||
| Арч | arc | - |
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Arch Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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