# Walch (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,986 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,902 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,461 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (1,942 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /wɒlt͡ʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Welch, Welsh, Walsh, Walshe |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Walch, Walich, variant of Walsch, from Old English wælisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walch 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Walch in the United States and Austria.

## People named Walch

- Hynden Walch, American actress
- Clemens Walch, Association footballer

## Similar surnames

Welch, Walsh, Wallach, Walshe, Wallace, Walz, Walk, Welsch, Wallick, Walck, Wells, Willis.

## 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.