How common is the surname Rech?

1,639 people in the United States had the surname Rech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rech?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rech?

Fernando Rech, Brazilian association football player, followed by Juan Ramón.

Where is the surname Rech most common?

Wikidata records people named Rech in Brazil and Argentina.

Is the surname Rech getting more or less common?

More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname Rech

A surname, carried by 1,639 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rech is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,639 people named Rech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,492.

#17,274

rank among US surnames

1,639

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,268	Houchens	1,640	188,259
#17,274	Dorey	1,639	188,374
#17,283	Semon	1,638	188,489

Who is named Rech

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

93% of people named Rech identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rechs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fernando Rech
Brazilian association football player, born 1974
Juan Ramón
Argentine actor (1940–2020)

Notable Rechs come mostly from Brazil (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rech

Rech has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Rech?: 1,639 people in the United States had the surname Rech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rech?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rech?: Fernando Rech, Brazilian association football player, followed by Juan Ramón.
Where is the surname Rech most common?: Wikidata records people named Rech in Brazil and Argentina.
Is the surname Rech getting more or less common?: More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 9.9%.