Explore the Family Name Vetsch

The meaning of Vetsch

Swiss German: probably a variant of German Wetsch. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Niklaus.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Vetsch" experienced a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, "Vetsch" was ranked as the 25,754th most popular surname, but fell to the 26,261st position in 2010, which represents a change of -1.97%. However, the actual count of individuals with the surname increased from 898 in 2000 to 930 in 2010, showing a growth of 3.56%. The proportion of the population with this name per 100,000 people also decreased slightly during this period, dropping from 0.33 to 0.32.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,754	#26,261	-1.97%
Count	898	930	3.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.32	-3.03%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vetsch

The ethnic identity associated with the surname "Vetsch" has shown some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The White ethnicity, which represented 97.33% of those with the surname in 2000, decreased to 95.81% in 2010, a drop of 1.56%. The Hispanic representation showed a modest increase of 17.31%, moving from 1.56% to 1.83% during the same period. Additionally, there were small increases in the number of individuals identifying with two or more races (growing by 76.12% from 0.67% to 1.18%) and in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, although the 2000 figure for the latter category was suppressed for privacy. There was no change in the percentage of individuals identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.33%	95.81%	-1.56%
Hispanic	1.56%	1.83%	17.31%
Two or More Races	0.67%	1.18%	76.12%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.65%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%