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)
- lerchinatorLerch Demographics
Average Male Lerch Height
174.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lerch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lerch (Russian: Лерч) is most common in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerch? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,179th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 325,526 people. The surname Lerch occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Lerch reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Lerch is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 30 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 10,776 people, or 1 in 7,471. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 20 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found and Bavaria, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Switzerland, where 10 percent are found.
Lerch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lerch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lerch surname rose 450 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 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% being 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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