Dosch surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dosch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,567 people carried this name — #17,851 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,475 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

260 people named Dosch live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 135
Zurich 54
St. Gallen 30
Aargau 11
Lucerne 8
Schwyz 6
Thurgau 6
Bern 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Dosch.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Moselle 32
Haut-Rhin 31
Paris 3
Corrèze 2
Bas-Rhin 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Vienne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Dosch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ludwig Dosch 1827–1908 · teacher
  • Peter Dosch 1915–2005 · physician
  • Reinhold Dosch 1926–2019 · engineer
  • Hilmar Dosch 1929–2016 · executive
  • Serge Dosch 1951– · politician
  • Helmut Dosch 1955– · physicist

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Dosch is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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