The Esch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,179 people carried this name — #10,145 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 92,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,974 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 309 people named Esch.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Esch live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Esch live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Esch in American newspapers,
1905–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,452 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Esch,
with a public archive behind them.
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John J. Esch 1861–1941 · lawyer -
Louis von Esch d. 1829 · composer
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Josef Esch 1784–1854 · architect
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Mathilde Esch 1815–1904 · painter
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Mathilde Esch 1820–1904 · painter
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Mathilde Esch 1828–1904 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Esch.
- Escala 295 · U.S. census
- Escalon 577 · U.S. census
- Escalona 3,055 · U.S. census
- Escamilla 20,958 · U.S. census
- Escandell 160 · U.S. census
- Escartin 161 · U.S. census
- Eschbach 892 · U.S. census
- Eschenbrenner 225 · U.S. census
- Escher 849 · U.S. census
- Eschmann 555 · U.S. census
- Eschrich 281 · U.S. census
- Escobar 64,403 · U.S. census
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