Stoerch Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Stoerch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stoerch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Stoerch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stoerch is most common in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stoerch? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Stoerch occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Stoerch are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Stoerch is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Stoerch is most numerous in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 63 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 19 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stoerche931/
Storch9215,593/
Sterch929/
Sztorch86119/
Stierch8618/
Shtorch8613/
Sstorch861/
Stoorch861/
Sthorch861/
Stoirch861/
Stierchs801/
Stearche800/
Starch771,121/
Sturch77890/
Störch7792/
Štorch7777/
Stoers779/
Stärch771/
Stoertz7167/
Stourzh7115/
Szturch711/
Starrch710/
Staerhs710/
Stharch710/
Stohers710/
Sturche710/
D'Sturch671/
Staerz6217/
Šturch627/
Štarch621/
Steirz620/
Stuertz57207/
Stiertz5710/
Steertz571/
Steerts570/
Steirtz570/
Stahers570/
Shtyerts531/
Šturchová506/

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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 Stoerch
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