Lurch Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Lurch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lurch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:2,083,097132,570
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Jamaica341:84,4103,809
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:418,48930,805

Lurch (25) may also be a first name.

Lurch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lurch is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lurch? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 948,111th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Lurch live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. Lurch is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.

The surname Lurch is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 2,083,097. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 29 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 18 percent live and Jamaica, where 12 percent live.

Lurch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lurch has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 145 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lurch Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lurch surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lurch earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 36.65% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,280 per year and in United States they earn 13.56% more than the national average, earning $49,001 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lursch912/
Lurcht911/
Laurch910/
Leurch910/
Lurc8996/
Lurtsch8310/
Laursch831/
Lorch805,051/
Lurci80508/
Lirch8014/
Lurhs808/
Lurce803/
Lursh800/
Loerch73540/
Lorsch73301/
Lourci73225/
Lorc'h7336/
Lhirch734/
Llorch731/
Laurce731/
Leurci731/
Lierch730/
Lource730/
Lurz672,597/
Loersch67260/
Lorc6766/
Lurs6719/
Lortsch6717/
Lurj671/

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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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  • 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 Lurch
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