How common is the surname Lesch?

1,296 people in the United States had the surname Lesch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. It ranked 20,480th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lesch?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lesch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lesch getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,296 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Lesch

A surname, carried by 1,296 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesch is more common than 87.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,296 people named Lesch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,462.

#20,480

rank among US surnames

1,296

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-11.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,685)

Who is named Lesch

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

97% of people named Lesch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lesch

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lesch?: 1,296 people in the United States had the surname Lesch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. It ranked 20,480th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lesch?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lesch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lesch getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,296 in 2010, down 11%.