Locher Surname
Approximately 12,053 people bear this surname
Locher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 4,841 | 1:1,697 | 148 |
| Germany | 3,314 | 1:24,293 | 3,223 |
| United States | 2,351 | 1:154,172 | 15,803 |
| France | 235 | 1:282,650 | 43,409 |
| Italy | 190 | 1:321,877 | 39,455 |
| Austria | 171 | 1:49,798 | 7,899 |
| Argentina | 146 | 1:292,763 | 23,421 |
| Canada | 116 | 1:317,634 | 29,153 |
| Hungary | 80 | 1:122,703 | 11,458 |
| Poland | 79 | 1:481,123 | 48,113 |
| Netherlands | 70 | 1:241,245 | 31,316 |
| Israel | 57 | 1:150,134 | 15,774 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Uruguay | 40 | 1:85,794 | 8,727 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Liechtenstein | 10 | 1:3,838 | 429 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 321 | 1:156,444 | 14,384 |
The alternate forms: Löcher (962) are calculated separately.
Locher (26) may also be a first name.
Locher Demographics
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Locher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Locher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Locher (Arabic: وشر) is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Löcher. For other potential spellings of Locher click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Locher? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,188th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 604,625 people. The last name Locher is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Locher live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 26 people.
Locher is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is held by 4,841 people, or 1 in 1,697. In Switzerland Locher is most common in: Canton of Bern, where 18 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 18 percent are found and Canton of St Gallen, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland it is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Locher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Locher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Locher surname grew 732 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 467 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Locher Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Locher surname are 17.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.93% registered with the party.
The amount Locher earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 44.23% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,811 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.1% less than the national average, earning R 68,688 per year; in United States they earn 10.23% more than the national average, earning $47,563 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.86% more than the national average, earning $57,068 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Locher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Locher in the Arabic language | ||
| وشر | wshr | - |
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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
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- 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 Locher
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