Förtsch

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Fränkischer Familienname, etymologisch nicht sicher gedeutet; 1219 Bearer

Förtsch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 37K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 504Kas Foertsch
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 145K

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 Förtsch 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,200 people, est.

Sources
139 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FoertschLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Foertsch in US United States, GB United Kingdom, SG Singapore and 2 more and Fortsch in GT Guatemala.

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)

recorded in German

Fränkischer Familienname, etymologisch nicht sicher gedeutet; 1219 Bearer.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Förtsch 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 Förtsch is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈2,200 est.≈1 in 37K—Förtsch68
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈770 est.≈1 in 132K—Foertsch1
US United States660as Foertsch1 in 504K660Foertsch139
GT Guatemala≈120 est.≈1 in 145K—Fortsch2
GB United Kingdom≈64 est.≈1 in 1M—Foertsch10
SG Singapore≈35 est.≈1 in 178K—Foertsch1
CH Switzerland291 in 290K29Foertsch4

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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Förtsch is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fortsch

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Fortsch

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Fortsch

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fortsch

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fortsch

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Fortsch

7 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Basilius Förtsch, b. 1550Johann Philipp Förtsch, b. 1652Paul Jacob Förtsch, b. 1722Richard Förtsch, b. 1837Leonhard Förtsch, b. 1888Hermann Foertsch, b. 1895Friedrich Foertsch, b. 1900Hans Förtsch, b. 1924Sigrid von Baumgarten, b. 1929Reinhard Förtsch, b. 1958

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 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Förtsch
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202429#28,044

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Förtsch mean?
Recorded meaning: Fränkischer Familienname, etymologisch nicht sicher gedeutet; 1219 Bearer.
In which country does Förtsch have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Förtsch in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled förtsch.
How common is the name Förtsch?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 29 people named Förtsch in 2024, about 1 in 290 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, “Förtsch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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