# Birch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/birch/  
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) | 12,161 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,954 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,388 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (11,745 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Birch 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Birch in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Birch

- Thora Birch, American actress
- Diane Birch, American musician
- Paul Birch, American actor (1912-1969)
- Bob Birch, American bassist (1956–2012)
- Francis Birch, American geophysicist (1903–1992)
- Samuel Birch, British Egyptologist and antiquary (1813–1885)
- Thomas Birch, American portrait and marine painter (1779-1851)
- Arthur Birch, Australian chemist (1915–1995)
- Paul Birch, American basketball player and coach (1910–1982)
- Christina Birch, American cyclist and NASA astronaut
- Charles Birch, Australian biologist (1918-2009)
- Chloe Birch, badminton player

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Burch, Broach, Brochu, Bruch, Burtch, Brach, Baruch, Barch, Brauch, Birk, Brasch, Brooks.

## 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.