Loch is used as a family name or surname in Poland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Loch
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Poland
Meaning: Focused in Moselle is a place name with the meaning hole, cavity. The name is also found in Brittany (Loc'h variant), where it means a lake, pond.

How popular is Loch?

Loch is common in Poland.

Loch is ranked 23555 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Loch bearers increased by 4.771959 per cent in 2010 US census to 2481 since 2000, the surname slipped by 408 spots and ranked at 12496. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.35 91.26
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.13 5.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.06
Others 1.21 1.01
Black 0.56 0.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.51
Loch is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 21831 people have been found who wears Loch as their family name. Loch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
527,030 Indonesia7
46,707 New Zealand5
32,086 Mexico3
16,605 Austria3
2,935 Angola3
11,392 Slovakia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
4,138 Bahrain3
40,064 Nigeria2
18,625 Japan2
20,837 Venezuela2
34,681 Norway2
53,505 Turkey1
9,591 Panama1
153,416 Italy1
49,529 Israel1
5,924 Paraguay1
537 Liechtenstein1
408 Åland1
31,584 Peru1
21,562 Portugal1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,333 Montenegro1
91,024 Belgium1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,314 Bolivia1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
289,354 India38
22,769 Kyrgyzstan25
68,343 Spain23
3,830 Luxembourg20
162,376 Ukraine20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,774 Latvia73
14,205 Sweden65
26,491 Czech Republic57
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Loch:
21,615 France453
11,492 Kenya392
3,073 Guatemala369
7,930 Australia360
3,148 Chile342
13,943 Canada270
21,711 England237
30,064 South Africa183
28,748 Argentina179
72,395 Russia178
15,632 Netherlands177
2,148 Namibia163
4,108 Scotland144
8,668 Hungary131
9,314 Switzerland126
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Loch:
464 Cambodia5,277
3,455 Brazil4,150
1,994 Germany4,102
12,177 United States2,905
5,482 Poland1,098
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant James Loch from Great Britain aboard the Hungarian from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on October 13, 1851.

Comments

M
Melanie Moreles
Loch is a name of Alsace-Lorraine, meaning hole, cavity means in German: the name of the locality quite frequent.

Loch Namesakes

  • Bruno Lochet, Actor
  • Ryan Lochte, Swimmer
  • Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw
  • Steve Locher, Olympic athlete
  • Steve Locher, Olympic athlete
  • Jaz Lochrie, Bass guitarist
  • Bruno Lochet, Actor
  • Ryan Lochte, Swimmer
  • Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Politician
  • Stefan Lochner, Artist

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