Lösche

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. lösch(e) 'feines Leder'; auch möglicher Berufsname zum Feuerlöscher/Schiedsmann

/lœʃə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 58K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2Mas Loesche
  • BRBrazil1 in 10M

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 Lösche 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)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
106 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 58K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LoescheLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Loesche in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 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)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu mhd. lösch(e) 'feines Leder'; auch möglicher Berufsname zum Feuerlöscher/Schiedsmann. 1086 Träger.

Sources 1

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

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lösche 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 Lösche is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,400 est.≈1 in 58KlistedLösche68
US United States283as Loesche1 in 1.2M299Loesche106
GB United Kingdom≈64 est.≈1 in 1M—Loesche4
CA Canada≈50 est.≈1 in 750K—Loesche12
CL Chile≈39 est.≈1 in 468K—Loesche1
BR Brazil211 in 10M21Loesche8
HN Honduras≈20 est.≈1 in 464K—Loesche1
NZ New Zealand≈15 est.≈1 in 334K—Loesche2
LB Lebanon≈10 est.≈1 in 548K—Loesche1

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; the dfa-band-5 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Lösche 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 Losche

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Losche

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Losche

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Losche

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Losche

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Losche

6 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)

186018801900192019401960Karl Lösche, b. 1878Bruno Lösche, b. 1898Dora Lösche, b. 1906Alexander Lösche, b. 1910Artur Lösche, b. 1921Ernst Lösche, b. 1923Peter Lösche, b. 1939Horst Lösche, b. 1944Kari Köster-Lösche, b. 1946

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Lösche, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Lösche
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———

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

How do you pronounce Lösche?
A machine transcription gives /lœʃə/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Lösche mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. lösch(e) 'feines Leder'; auch möglicher Berufsname zum Feuerlöscher/Schiedsmann.
In which country does Lösche have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Lösche in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lösche.
How common is the name Lösche?
In Brazil, the national register counted 21 people named Lösche, about 1 in 10 million 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, “Lösche”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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