Lerch Surname
Approximately 22,387 people bear this surname
Lerch Surname Definition:
(German) One with some characteristic of a lark; dweller at the sign of the lark; one who came from Lerche, in Germany.
Read More About This SurnameLerch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10,776 | 1:7,471 | 939 |
| United States | 4,941 | 1:73,357 | 8,455 |
| Switzerland | 2,312 | 1:3,552 | 477 |
| Austria | 1,218 | 1:6,991 | 870 |
| France | 893 | 1:74,382 | 10,410 |
| Poland | 591 | 1:64,313 | 10,097 |
| Czechia | 344 | 1:30,911 | 5,025 |
| Canada | 270 | 1:136,465 | 14,092 |
| Hungary | 250 | 1:39,265 | 4,229 |
| Australia | 247 | 1:109,294 | 12,192 |
| Argentina | 105 | 1:407,080 | 31,114 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Slovakia | 42 | 1:127,058 | 23,432 |
| Mexico | 39 | 1:3,182,723 | 23,538 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Greenland | 18 | 1:3,132 | 341 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,099 | 1:45,695 | 5,278 |
Lerch (30) may also be a first name.
Lerch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One with some characteristic of a lark; dweller at the sign of the lark; one who came from Lerche, in Germany.
User-submitted Reference
Having asked my grandparents about our family history, we discovered it is a German nickname, from two likely sources: larch (the tree), or die lerche, a lark. Both could have likely anglicized into Lerch. Following the tradition of occupation surnames, this would point to either singers (sing like a lark) or woodsmen (larch trees grow throughout Europe)
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Lerch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lerch (Russian: Лерч) occurs most in Germany. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerch? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,179th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 325,526 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Lerch live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 30 people.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 10,776 people, or 1 in 7,471. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 20 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Bavaria, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 53 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Switzerland, where 10 percent live.
Lerch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lerch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lerch surname grew 450 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lerch Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lerch last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lerch earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.08% less than the national average, earning 276,574 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.53% more than the national average, earning $45,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $53,301 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lerche | 91 | 5,544 | / |
| Lersch | 91 | 1,893 | / |
| Loerch | 91 | 540 | / |
| Learch | 91 | 71 | / |
| Lertch | 91 | 52 | / |
| Lerchs | 91 | 31 | / |
| Leerch | 91 | 6 | / |
| Letrch | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lercht | 91 | 0 | / |
| Lierch | 91 | 0 | / |
| Leurch | 91 | 0 | / |
| Laerch | 91 | 0 | / |
| Lerc | 89 | 6 | / |
| Liersch | 83 | 1,974 | / |
| Leersch | 83 | 88 | / |
| Lerscht | 83 | 16 | / |
| Learsch | 83 | 13 | / |
| Leirsch | 83 | 9 | / |
| Leerech | 83 | 5 | / |
| Lehrsch | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lersche | 83 | 1 | / |
| Learche | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lorch | 80 | 5,051 | / |
| Larch | 80 | 1,558 | / |
| Lörch | 80 | 693 | / |
| Lerkh | 80 | 382 | / |
| Lersh | 80 | 58 | / |
| Lärch | 80 | 23 | / |
| Lerhs | 80 | 14 | / |
| Lerhe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Lirch | 80 | 14 | / |
| Lerci | 80 | 10 | / |
| Lyrch | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lerce | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lerchová | 77 | 422 | / |
| Lerchova | 77 | 5 | / |
| Hlersche | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lertsche | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lharch | 73 | 274 | / |
| Llarch | 73 | 216 | / |
| Lirsch | 73 | 190 | / |
| Laarch | 73 | 136 | / |
| Lerkhe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Lirche | 73 | 15 | / |
| Lhirch | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lörche | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lärche | 73 | 2 | / |
| Liarch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Llorch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lerhøj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Learce | 73 | 0 | / |
| Learsh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lyarch | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lerschová | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lerz | 67 | 267 | / |
| Lers | 67 | 50 | / |
| Lerš | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lhirche | 67 | 10 | / |
| Laharch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leerhøj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lairech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Learsht | 67 | 1 | / |
Lerch Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lerch in the Russian language | ||
| Лерч | lerc | - |
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