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

The Flesch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,487 people carried this name — #18,550 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,480).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 329 people named Flesch.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Haut-Rhin 178
Paris 41
Moselle 23
Bas-Rhin 18
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Val-de-Marne 5
Pas-de-Calais 5
Aisne 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Flesch live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Aargau 9
Zurich 9
Bern 3
Basel-Stadt 3
Solothurn 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Flesch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abraham Flesch d. 1640 · rabbi
  • Isaak Flesch d. 1799 · court Jew
  • Pessel Flesch d. 1809
  • Isaac Flesch 1734–1799
  • Pesse Flesch 1736–1808
  • Jacob Flesch 1756–1808

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Flesch 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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