# Patch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/patch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,790 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,669 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 81,463 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (3,777 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English and German surname of uncertain origin; perhaps from a nickname related to Peter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Patch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Patch in the United States.

## People named Patch

- Edith Marion Patch, American entomologist (1876-1954)

## Similar surnames

Peach, Pathak, Patz, Petsch, Pitts, Potts, Pettis, Paddock, Pettus, Pedigo, Putz, Ptak.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.