How common is the surname Flesch?

1,487 people in the United States had the surname Flesch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flesch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flesch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Flesch?

Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (1872-1939), followed by Rudolf Flesch.

Where is the surname Flesch most common?

Wikidata records people named Flesch in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Flesch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Flesch

A surname, carried by 1,487 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flesch is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,487 people named Flesch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,480.

#18,550

rank among US surnames

1,487

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,540)

Who is named Flesch

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Flesch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fleschs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Siegfried Flesch
Austrian fencer (1872-1939)
Rudolf Flesch
American author (1911-1986)

Notable Fleschs come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flesch

Flesch has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Questions

How common is the surname Flesch?: 1,487 people in the United States had the surname Flesch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flesch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flesch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Flesch?: Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (1872-1939), followed by Rudolf Flesch.
Where is the surname Flesch most common?: Wikidata records people named Flesch in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Flesch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 0.5%.