The Karch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,506 people carried this name — #18,385 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,603 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
381 people named Karch have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 500 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Karch.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
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 Karch live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Karch is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Karch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles A. Karch 1875–1932 · lawyer -
Pierre Karch 1941– · writer -
Joseph Albert Karch 1873–1945 · architect
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Kristóf Karch 1877–1955 · teacher
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Maria Karch 1877–1958 · politician
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Bob Karch 1894–1958 · American football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karch.
- Kaps 408 · U.S. census
- Kapusta 913 · U.S. census
- Kara 1,308 · U.S. census
- Karam 3,401 · U.S. census
- Karapetyan 1,260 · U.S. census
- Karas 5,858 · U.S. census
- Karcher 3,746 · U.S. census
- Karcz 644 · U.S. census
- Karczewski 1,058 · U.S. census
- Kari 530 · U.S. census
- Karim 5,729 · U.S. census
- Karl 6,564 · U.S. census
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