Explore the Family Name Ferch

The meaning of Ferch

1. German: variant of Ferg. Compare Verch. 2. Probably also an Americanized form of German Förtsch (see Foertsch). 3. Probably also an Americanized form of German Förch (see Foerch).

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How common is the last name Ferch in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the Ferch surname's popularity experienced minor changes between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name dropped slightly from 31,592 to 32,236, a change of -2.04%. Over that same decade, however, the count of individuals with the surname Ferch increased by 3.32%, rising from 692 to 715 people. Despite this increase, the proportion of people named Ferch per 100,000 decreased by -7.69%, indicating that while more people bear the name, its overall frequency in the population has declined.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,592	#32,236	-2.04%
Count	692	715	3.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ferch

In terms of ethnicity, the Ferch surname is predominantly associated with the White ethnic identity, as evidenced by the Decennial U.S. Census data. In both 2000 and 2010, over 95% of individuals with the Ferch surname identified as White, with only a minor decline of -0.17% over the decade. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 40.88%, albeit from a much smaller base, moving from 1.59% in 2000 to 2.24% in 2010. The figures for individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native were all at zero, while the proportion of individuals identifying with two or more races decreased by -13.85%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.1%	95.94%	-0.17%
Hispanic	1.59%	2.24%	40.88%
Two or More Races	1.3%	1.12%	-13.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%