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

The Pech surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,877 people carried this name — #15,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,643 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,167 people named Pech.

58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Aude.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 58
Aude 660
Haute-Garonne 312
Tarn 289
Hérault 191
Ariège 126
Tarn-et-Garonne 77
Pyrénées-Orientales 66
Paris 66

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

In Poland’s population register

198 people named Pech have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 235 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 72
Lower Silesian 30
Silesian 30
Masovian 24
Opole 21
Łódź 8
Subcarpathian 6
West Pomeranian 5

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

54 people named Pech live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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

Zurich 12
Bern 11
Aargau 8
Basel-Landschaft 6
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4
Schaffhausen 4
Basel-Stadt 3
Neuchâtel 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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 28 people named Pech 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 18
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

Who carried it

People named Pech,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nakuk Pech 1490–1562 · writer
  • Nakuk Pech 1490–1562 · writer
  • Peter Pech 1503–1596 · gun smith
  • Honoré Pech 1644–1715 · printer
  • Gabriel Pech 1646–1696 · printer
  • Maximilián Pech 1655–1707 · translator

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

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