# Barch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 672 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,856 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 459,443 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.4% (804 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a north/Low German surname, from the Low German form of Berg (“hill, mountain”), compare Barg. * As an Hungarian surname, from the personal name Barcs. * As a German surname, Americanized from Bartsch, or the related Czech Barč.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Burch, Birch, Barcia, Broach, Brochu, Bruch, Burtch, Brach, Baruch, Brauch, Barrick, Barwick.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.