Lerch Surname

24,179th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

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.

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Lerch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany10,7761:7,471939
United States4,9411:73,3578,455
Switzerland2,3121:3,552477
Austria1,2181:6,991870
France8931:74,38210,410
Poland5911:64,31310,097
Czechia3441:30,9115,025
Canada2701:136,46514,092
Hungary2501:39,2654,229
Australia2471:109,29412,192
Argentina1051:407,08031,114
Brazil781:2,744,54381,769
Slovakia421:127,05823,432
Mexico391:3,182,72323,538
Belgium331:348,38338,592
England321:1,741,18971,393
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Denmark211:268,79620,394
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Greenland181:3,132341
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Norway71:734,61250,907
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China51:273,464,31313,838
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0991:45,6955,278

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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) 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerche915,544/
Lersch911,893/
Loerch91540/
Learch9171/
Lertch9152/
Lerchs9131/
Leerch916/
Letrch911/
Lercht910/
Lierch910/
Leurch910/
Laerch910/
Lerc896/
Liersch831,974/
Leersch8388/
Lerscht8316/
Learsch8313/
Leirsch839/
Leerech835/
Lehrsch834/
Lersche831/
Learche830/
Lorch805,051/
Larch801,558/
Lörch80693/
Lerkh80382/
Lersh8058/
Lärch8023/
Lerhs8014/
Lerhe8014/
Lirch8014/
Lerci8010/
Lyrch804/
Lerce803/
Lerchová77422/
Lerchova775/
Hlersche771/
Lertsche770/
Lharch73274/
Llarch73216/
Lirsch73190/
Laarch73136/
Lerkhe7321/
Lirche7315/
Lhirch734/
Lörche733/
Lärche732/
Liarch731/
Llorch731/
Lerhøj731/
Learce730/
Learsh730/
Lyarch730/
Lerschová717/
Lerz67267/
Lers6750/
Lerš6719/
Lhirche6710/
Laharch674/
Leerhøj674/
Lairech671/
Learsht671/

Lerch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lerch in the Russian language
Лерчlerc-

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