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

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

Lörsch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lörsch is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Lorsch. Click here for other potential spellings of Lörsch.

How Common Is The Last Name Lörsch? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 646,966th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,571,679 people. Lörsch occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lörsch are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

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

Phonetically Similar Names

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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