How common is the surname Walch?

1,986 people in the United States had the surname Walch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walch?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walch?

Hynden Walch, American actress, followed by Clemens Walch.

Where is the surname Walch most common?

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

How do you pronounce Walch?

Walch is /wɒlt͡ʃ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Walch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 2.3%.

What are other spellings of Walch?

Welch, Welsh, Walsh and Walshe.

The surname Walch

A surname, carried by 1,986 people in the United States.

Pronounced /wɒlt͡ʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walch is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,986 people named Walch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,942.

#14,902

rank among US surnames

1,986

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,893	Sweetman	1,987	155,383
#14,902	Enderle	1,986	155,461

Who is named Walch

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

93% of people named Walch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walchs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hynden Walch
American actress, born 1971
Clemens Walch
Association footballer, born 1987

Notable Walchs come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Walch

Walch has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Questions

Where does the surname Walch come from?: Inherited from Middle English Walch, Walich, variant of Walsch, from Old English wælisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.
How common is the surname Walch?: 1,986 people in the United States had the surname Walch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walch?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walch?: Hynden Walch, American actress, followed by Clemens Walch.
Where is the surname Walch most common?: Wikidata records people named Walch in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Walch?: Walch is /wɒlt͡ʃ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Walch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 2.3%.
What are other spellings of Walch?: Welch, Welsh, Walsh and Walshe.