Esch

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Esch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from place names or mhd.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 76K
  • USUnited States1 in 105K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,800 people, est.

Sources
277 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from place names or mhd. eschisch 'uncultivated field'; also related to Esche

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Esch counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Esch is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈4,800 est.≈1 in 17K—Esch133
US United States—3,1791 in 105K3.2KEsch277
IT Italy—≈580 est.≈1 in 108K—Esch5
ID Indonesia—≈500 est.≈1 in 536K—Esch4
CA Canada—≈500 est.≈1 in 76K—Esch76
GH Ghana—≈270 est.≈1 in 107K—Esch3
BE Belgium—1691 in 69K169Esch39
NL Netherlands#348411 in 421K41Esch98

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Esch is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, field; pasture; plot of land

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, alternative form of asshe (“ash tree”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Josef Esch, b. 1784John J. Esch, b. 1861Vincent Esch, b. 1876Marvin L. Esch, b. 1927Arno Esch, b. 1928Arnold Esch, b. 1936José Ensch, b. 1942Franz-Rudolf Esch, b. 1960Eric Esch, b. 1966En Esch, b. 1968

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Esch come from?
from place names or mhd. eschisch 'uncultivated field'; also related to Esche Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
What does the name Esch mean?
Recorded meaning: from place names or mhd.
In which country does Esch have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Esch in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled esch.
How common is the name Esch?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,179 people named Esch in 2010, about 1 in 105 thousand residents.
How common is Esch compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Esch is the 348th most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Esch” — the 348th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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