Storch Surname

34,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

Storch Surname User-submission:

Storch is the German word for the bird, stork. It is pronounced "storsh", unlike the hard -ch such as found in "starch".

Family crests depict the stork, often with a snake in its beak.

Storch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,9691:10,1021,270
United States3,6151:100,26511,137
Brazil2,4571:87,1283,280
Australia2271:118,92413,128
Austria1771:48,1107,661
Denmark1401:40,3194,211
Canada1091:338,03330,736
Israel1061:80,7329,742
Greenland1061:53290
Argentina1001:427,43432,472
Poland881:431,91844,930
France661:1,006,405112,047
Ukraine561:812,90581,323
Russia381:3,792,712188,390
Portugal381:274,16410,086
England361:1,547,72466,012
Hungary331:297,46322,531
Czechia311:343,01541,724
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Wales201:154,72710,755
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Paraguay101:723,6758,089
Norway101:514,22941,629
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
China21:683,660,78330,601
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4261:117,88411,557

The alternate forms: Störch (92) & Štorch (77) are calculated separately.

Storch (18) may also be a first name.

Storch Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Storch is the German word for the bird, stork. It is pronounced "storsh", unlike the hard -ch such as found in "starch".

Family crests depict the stork, often with a snake in its beak.

- brynarose

Storch Last Name Facts

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

Storch (Russian: Сторч) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Störch or Štorch. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Storch? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 34,013th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 467,360 people. Storch is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Storch reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Storch is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

Storch is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 7,969 people, or 1 in 10,102. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 19 percent live, Thuringia, where 16 percent live and Bavaria, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Brazil, where 16 percent live.

Storch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Storch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Storch surname increased 849 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Storch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Storch surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Storch surname are 12.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.78% registered with the political party.

The amount Storch earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 104.06% more than the national average, earning R 484,920 per year; in United States they earn 14.61% more than the national average, earning $49,453 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.29% more than the national average, earning $53,307 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Störch9492/
Štorch9477/
Sztorch92119/
Storche9254/
Stoerch9218/
Shtorch9213/
Storsch924/
Stortch922/
Stoorch921/
Storchs921/
Sthorch921/
Stoirch921/
Sstorch921/
Storc91285/
Sthorsch861/
Sztorc831,584/
Starch831,121/
Sturch83890/
Storci83315/
Storcz83193/
Storhs8349/
Storce8313/
Sterch839/
Sthorc833/
Storsh833/
Stärch831/
Storzh831/
Storchová8033/
Storchova806/
Shtorkh7743/
Storthz7721/
Stourzh7715/
Starche7713/
Starsch778/
Szturch771/
Stharch770/
Starrch770/
Storths770/
Sturche770/
Starcsh770/
Storz736,798/
Starc731,694/
Stors7376/
Štorc7371/
D'Sturch711/
Stortz672,998/
Storrs672,954/
Storts671,264/
Storås67377/
Stours67187/
Štorchová6786/
Starcz6736/
Storshova6731/
Starsh6719/
Starce6711/
Starchova6710/
Šturch677/
Storss677/
Starkh674/
Starhe672/
Starchová671/
Štarch671/
Storzhova671/
Stoors671/
Storse671/
Storsz671/
Stotrs671/
Starcs670/
Stords670/

Storch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Storch in the Russian language
Сторчstorc-

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