Lorch
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name from any of several places called Lorch in the district of Wiesbaden, Hesse
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɫɔɹk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lorch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- 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 Lorch 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 39K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled 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
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lorch 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 | 1,027 | 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 | 57 | 1 in 147K | 57 | Lorch | 17 |
| FI Finland | 35 | 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maximilian of Lorchb. 300SIAustrian saint
- Theodore Lorchb. 1873USAmerican actor (1873-1947)
- Aleksandr Lorkhb. 1889RUnot in their usual nameSoviet botanist (1889-1980)
- Edgar Lorchb. 1907USAmerican mathematician
- Lee Lorchb. 1915USAmerican mathematician (1915–2014)
- Netanel Lorchb. 1925ILIsraeli historian
- Rudi Lorchb. 1966DEGerman football player
- Stefan Lorchb. 1966DEGerman actor
- Thembinkosi Lorchb. 1993ZASouth African association football player
- Jeremias Lorchb. 1995DEGerman association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,078 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #24,705 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,388 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 57 | #16,859 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #30,843 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Lorch 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.
- How do you pronounce Lorch?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɔɹk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Lorch have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Lorch in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lorch.
- How common is the name Lorch?
- 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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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lorchThe 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, “Lorch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.