How common is the surname Storch?

2,461 people in the United States had the surname Storch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,455 Americans. It ranked 12,581st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Storch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Storch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Storch?

Larry Storch, American actor (1923–2022), followed by Scott Storch.

Where is the surname Storch most common?

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

Is the surname Storch getting more or less common?

More common. 2,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,461 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Storch

A German surname, carried by 2,461 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Storch is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Storch (“stork”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,461 people named Storch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,455 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,389.

#12,581

rank among US surnames

2,461

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #12,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,576	Hollman	2,462	125,404
#12,581	Storch	2,461	125,455
#12,584	Graver	2,460	125,506
#12,587	Leu	2,459	125,557

Who is named Storch

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

95% of people named Storch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Storchs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Storch
American actor (1923–2022)
Scott Storch
American record producer and songwriter, born 1973
Heinrich Friedrich von Storch
Baltic German economist (1766-1835)
Arthur Storch
American stage director, 1925–2013

Notable Storchs come mostly from the United States (3) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Storch

Storch has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Storch come from?: Borrowed from German Storch (“stork”).
How common is the surname Storch?: 2,461 people in the United States had the surname Storch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,455 Americans. It ranked 12,581st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Storch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Storch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Storch?: Larry Storch, American actor (1923–2022), followed by Scott Storch.
Where is the surname Storch most common?: Wikidata records people named Storch in the United States and the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Storch getting more or less common?: More common. 2,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,461 in 2010, up 3.0%.