Lörch

surname · Latin script

Lörch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habitational name from any of several places called Lorch in the district of Wiesbaden, Hesse.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 324K
  • CVCape Verde≈1 in 132K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lörch itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

Sources
228 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lorch in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 3 more and Loerch in ML Mali.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name from any of several places called Lorch in the district of Wiesbaden, Hesse.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lörch 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 Lörch is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,400 est.≈1 in 581K—Lorch3
DE Germany≈2,000 est.≈1 in 39K—Lorch107
US United States1,0271 in 324K1.1KLorch228
ML Mali≈520 est.≈1 in 38K—Loerch1
GB United Kingdom≈200 est.≈1 in 324K—Lorch57
CH Switzerland571 in 147K57Lorch17
FI Finland351 in 159K35—1
CV Cape Verde≈4 est.≈1 in 132K—Lorch1

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 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lörch is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lorch

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Lörch mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name from any of several places called Lorch in the district of Wiesbaden, Hesse. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Lörch have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Lörch in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lorch.
How common is the name Lörch?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,027 people named Lörch in 2010, about 1 in 324 thousand residents.

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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, “Lörch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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