Lörsch Surname

646,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lörsch Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Lorge, a town in Hesse, Germany. Other forms are Lorge and Lorig.

Lörsch Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4631:173,87820,440
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Lorsch (301) are calculated separately.

Lörsch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Lorge, a town in Hesse, Germany. Other forms are Lorge and Lorig.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff
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Lörsch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lörsch is found most in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms: Lorsch. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lörsch? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lörsch is the 646,966th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The surname Lörsch is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lörsch live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 463 people, or 1 in 173,878. In Germany Lörsch is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 66 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lorsch94301/
Lörch91693/
Lersch831,893/
Larsch83138/
Lörche833/
Lörs8011/
Loersch77260/
Leersch7788/
Lehrsch774/
Larsh731,038/
Lersh7358/
Löhrs7337/
Lärch7323/
Lorsh739/
Lörås731/
Lahrsh672/
Lärche672/
Loersh671/
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