Explore the Family Name Fersch

The meaning of Fersch

German: 1. nickname for someone with a deformed heel, from Middle High German verse(n) ‘heel’. 2. nickname for a handsome, young person, from Middle Low German versch ‘fresh, new’. Some characteristic forenames: German Wendelin.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Fersch saw a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Fersch ranked 64,934th in terms of common usages among surnames, dropping to 69,579th by 2010 – a change of -7.15%. The count of individuals carrying this surname also experienced a marginal decrease from 286 people in 2000 to 282 in 2010, a change of -1.4%. This resulted in a proportion per 100k drop of -9.09%, moving from 0.11 to 0.10 over the ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,934	#69,579	-7.15%
Count	286	282	-1.4%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fersch

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that there was a minor shift in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Fersch from 2000 to 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, with the percentage slightly decreasing from 97.20% to 96.45%. There was no representation of Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native or those identifying as two or more races. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals self-identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 1.75% in 2000 to none in 2010. However, there was a new emergence of Hispanic representation at 1.77% in 2010, where there had been none in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.2%	96.45%	-0.77%
Hispanic	0%	1.77%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.75%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%