How common is the surname Welsch?

2,857 people in the United States had the surname Welsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,066 Americans. It ranked 11,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Welsch?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Welsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Welsch getting more or less common?

More common. 2,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,857 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Welsch

A surname, carried by 2,857 people in the United States.

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). Welsch is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, from welsch (“foreign, non-Germanic”). * As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Ẃelš, Wjelš, shortened from Welisław; see Welk.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,857 people named Welsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,066 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,781.

#11,104

rank among US surnames

2,857

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,583)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,099	Lasater	2,860	107,953
#11,101	Granda	2,859	107,991
#11,103	Dearborn	2,858	108,029
#11,104	Toman	2,857	108,066
#11,109	Plyler	2,856	108,104
#11,111	Leis	2,855	108,142

Who is named Welsch

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

94% of people named Welsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Welsch

Welsch 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 Welsch come from?: * As a German surname, from welsch (“foreign, non-Germanic”). * As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Ẃelš, Wjelš, shortened from Welisław; see Welk.
How common is the surname Welsch?: 2,857 people in the United States had the surname Welsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,066 Americans. It ranked 11,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Welsch?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Welsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Welsch getting more or less common?: More common. 2,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,857 in 2010, up 2.7%.