Loerch
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nickname for a left-handed or clumsy person, from Middle High German lerz ‘left’, East Franconian lorz
/ləɝtʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Loerch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 39Kas Lorch(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 324Kas Lorch
- MLMali≈1 in 38K
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 Loerch 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)
- Sources
- 228 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 named Lorch, est.
Highest-authority source
Mali, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Lorch in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 3 more.
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)
nickname for a left-handed or clumsy person, from Middle High German lerz ‘left’, East Franconian lorz.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Loerch 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 581K | — | Lorch | 3 |
| DE Germany | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Lorch | 107 |
| US United States | 1,027as Lorch | 1 in 324K | 1.1K | Lorch | 228 |
| ML Mali | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Loerch | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 324K | — | Lorch | 57 |
| CH Switzerland | 57as Lorch | 1 in 147K | 57 | Lorch | 17 |
| FI Finland | 35as Lorch | 1 in 159K | 35 | — | 1 |
| CV Cape Verde | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 132K | — | Lorch | 1 |
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 267 | #77,462 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 265 | #69,201 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 261 | #74,141 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Loerch mean, and where does it come from?
- nickname for a left-handed or clumsy person, from Middle High German lerz ‘left’, East Franconian lorz. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Loerch?
- A machine transcription gives /ləɝtʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Loerch have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Lorch in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Loerch?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,027 people named Lorch in 2010, about 1 in 324 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/loerchThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Loerch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.