The Pesch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 746 people carried this name — #31,107 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 753 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pesch surname
Early borrowing from Latin pascuus (“pasture”) with Rhenish sch-umlaut.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pesch» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 94 people named Pesch live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Pesch.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Meurthe-et-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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 58 people named Pesch 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Pesch 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.
Who carried it
People named Pesch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Pesch 1853–1925 · Catholic priest -
Heinrich Pesch 1854–1926 · economist -
Gregor Peschin 1500–1547 · composer
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Christiaan van Pesch 1649–1718
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Frans van Pesch 1694–1760
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Christiaan van Pesch 1728–1784
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pesch.
- Peruzzi 455 · U.S. census
- Pervier 135 · U.S. census
- Pery 134 · U.S. census
- Perz 890 · U.S. census
- Pesavento 589 · U.S. census
- Pesce 2,830 · U.S. census
- Peschel 751 · U.S. census
- Pesci 384 · U.S. census
- Pesin 150 · U.S. census
- Pessin 348 · U.S. census
- Pesson 136 · U.S. census
- Pestana 1,418 · U.S. census
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