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

The Imbach surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 213 people carried this name — #87,335 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 208 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Imbach surname

Borrowed from Alemannic German Imbach. Originating from Switzerland.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Imbach» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

630 people named Imbach live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 228
Zurich 109
Aargau 84
Bern 49
Solothurn 44
Thurgau 15
Vaud 14
Zug 12

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 108 people named Imbach.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Haut-Rhin 56
Maine-et-Loire 7
Loire 7
Paris 6
Indre-et-Loire 5
Bas-Rhin 4
Meuse 3
Vosges 2

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 34 people named Imbach live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 23
Buenos Aires Province 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

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