Lerchs Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Lerchs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerchs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Lerchs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lerchs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lerchs is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerchs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,543,123rd most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Lerchs occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Lerchs are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 718,540. In Belgium Lerchs is mostly found in: Brussels Capital Region, where 94 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 16 percent reside.

Lerchs Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lerchs earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 119.88% more than the national average, earning $94,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 90.04% more than the national average, earning $94,420 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerch9122,387/
Lerhs9114/
Lerche835,544/
Learch8371/
Lertch8352/
Lerkhs836/
Leerch836/
Letrch831/
Lercht830/
Lierch830/
Leurch830/
Lerc806/
Leerech775/
Loercks774/
Learche770/
Lerkh73382/
Lärch7323/
Lerts7320/
Lerhe7314/
Lirch7314/
Lerci7310/
Lyrch734/
Lerks730/
Lerchová71422/
Lerchova715/
Lertsche710/
Lörcks67173/
Lerkhe6721/
Lirche6715/
Loerks675/
Lhirch674/
Larcks673/
Lärche672/
Lerhøj671/
Leards670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lerchs
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