The Isch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 612 people carried this name — #36,525 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 576 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Isch surname
Borrowed from Alemannic German Isch, shortened from names containing the noun Iise (“iron”) (from Middle High German isern).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Isch» (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
374 people named Isch live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 150 people named Isch.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Isch,
with a public archive behind them.
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François Isch 1918–2004 · physician
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Cécile Isch-Treussard 1921–1997 · physician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Isch.
- Irr 160 · U.S. census
- Isaac 18,903 · U.S. census
- Isabel 1,122 · U.S. census
- Isabelle 1,154 · U.S. census
- Isac 190 · U.S. census
- Isaia 267 · U.S. census
- Iselin 368 · U.S. census
- Isern 241 · U.S. census
- Isidor 322 · U.S. census
- Isidore 599 · U.S. census
- Isik 241 · U.S. census
- Isler 2,280 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Isch is.
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