How common is the surname Lerch?

3,674 people in the United States had the surname Lerch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,035 Americans. It ranked 8,911th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lerch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lerch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lerch?

Ernst Lerch, Austrian SS officer, followed by Fred Louis Lerch.

Where is the surname Lerch most common?

Wikidata records people named Lerch in Austria.

Is the surname Lerch getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,674 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Lerch

A surname, carried by 3,674 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lerch is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,674 people named Lerch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,035 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,685.

#8,911

rank among US surnames

3,674

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,270)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,906	Dear	3,677	83,967
#8,907	Marine	3,676	83,990
#8,909	Stapp	3,675	84,012
#8,911	Claus	3,674	84,035
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081

Who is named Lerch

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

95% of people named Lerch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lerchs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernst Lerch
Austrian SS officer, 1914–1992
Fred Louis Lerch
Austrian actor (1902-1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lerch

Lorch

Lerch has the Soundex code L620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L620.

Questions

How common is the surname Lerch?: 3,674 people in the United States had the surname Lerch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,035 Americans. It ranked 8,911th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lerch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lerch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lerch?: Ernst Lerch, Austrian SS officer, followed by Fred Louis Lerch.
Where is the surname Lerch most common?: Wikidata records people named Lerch in Austria.
Is the surname Lerch getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,674 in 2010, down 0.3%.