How common is the surname Lorch?

1,027 people in the United States had the surname Lorch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lorch?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lorch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lorch?

Maximilian of Lorch, Austrian saint, followed by Theodore Lorch.

Where is the surname Lorch most common?

Wikidata records people named Lorch in Ancient Rome and the United States.

Is the surname Lorch getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 6.0%.

The surname Lorch

A surname, carried by 1,027 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). Lorch is more common than 85% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,027 people named Lorch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. That is down 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,093.

#24,388

rank among US surnames

1,027

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6%

change since 2000 (was #22,078)

Who is named Lorch

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

94% of people named Lorch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lorchs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maximilian of Lorch
Austrian saint, 300–284
Theodore Lorch
American actor (1873-1947)

Notable Lorchs come mostly from Ancient Rome (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lorch

Lorch 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 Lorch?: 1,027 people in the United States had the surname Lorch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lorch?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lorch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lorch?: Maximilian of Lorch, Austrian saint, followed by Theodore Lorch.
Where is the surname Lorch most common?: Wikidata records people named Lorch in Ancient Rome and the United States.
Is the surname Lorch getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 6.0%.