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    The surname Piech

    A Polish surname, carried by 630 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Piech: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Piech #35,671, 630 people Piech: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Piech #35,671, 630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Piech is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Piech or Polish Pięch * Borrowed from German Piëch

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 630 people named Piech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 629.

    #35,671
    rank among US surnames
    630
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #34,114)

    Who is named Piech

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

    97% of people named Piech identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Piechs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ferdinand Piëch
      Austrian manager (1937-2019)
    • Louise Piëch
      Austrian businesswoman (1904–1999)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Piech

    Piech has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Piech come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Piech or Polish Pięch * Borrowed from German Piëch
    How common is the surname Piech?
    630 people in the United States had the surname Piech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. It ranked 35,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Piech?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Piech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Piech?
    Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian manager (1937-2019), followed by Louise Piëch.
    Where is the surname Piech most common?
    Wikidata records people named Piech in Austria.
    Is the surname Piech getting more or less common?
    More common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 630 in 2010, up 0.2%.