# Storch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/storch/  
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) | 2,461 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,581 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 125,455 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (2,389 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Storch (“stork”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Storch 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Storch in the United States and the Russian Empire.

## People named Storch

- Larry Storch, American actor (1923–2022)
- Scott Storch, American record producer and songwriter
- Heinrich Friedrich von Storch, Baltic German economist (1766-1835)
- Arthur Storch, American stage director

## Similar surnames

Strauch, Streich, Stretch, Stowers, Strachan, Starcher, Stork, Struck, Strack, Strock, Storck, Storrs.

## 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.