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    The surname Lach

    A surname, carried by 2,515 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /læʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lach: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lach #12,362, 2,515 people Lach: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lach #12,362, 2,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lach is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish surname, from the noun Lach (“Pole”). * As a German surname, from the noun Lache (“pond”). * As a Slovene surname, Germanized from Lah.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,515 people named Lach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,345.

    #12,362
    rank among US surnames
    2,515
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810

    Who is named Lach

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

    83% of people named Lach identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lachs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Lach
      Austrian musicologist, poet and composer (1874-1958)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lach

    Lach has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lach come from?
    * As a Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish surname, from the noun Lach (“Pole”). * As a German surname, from the noun Lache (“pond”). * As a Slovene surname, Germanized from Lah.
    How common is the surname Lach?
    2,515 people in the United States had the surname Lach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. It ranked 12,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lach?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Lach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Lach?
    Robert Lach, Austrian musicologist, poet and composer (1874-1958).
    Where is the surname Lach most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lach in Austria.
    How do you pronounce Lach?
    Lach is /læʃ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Lach getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,515 in 2010, up 7.2%.