# Porsche (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 174 |
| US rank (2010) | 103,181 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,774,400 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.4% (159 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɔɹʃ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Porsche * (automotive): From the surname of the founder, Ferdinand Porsche, beginning 1931.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Porsche 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Porsche in Austria and Germany.

## People named Porsche

- Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)
- Ferry Porsche, Austrian-German automobile designer (1909–1998)
- Louise Piëch, Austrian businesswoman (1904–1999)

## Similar surnames

Porras, Porch, Porche, Poarch, Porreca, Perez, Price, Pierce, Park, Powers, Parks, Parrish.

## 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.