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

The Pitsch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 794 people carried this name — #29,661 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 764 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

185 people named Pitsch live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 68
Zurich 46
Aargau 20
St. Gallen 13
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 8
Thurgau 8
Ticino 8
Basel-Landschaft 7

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 101 people named Pitsch 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 82
Buenos Aires Province 19

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Pitsch.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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

Born outside France 8
Moselle 27
Paris 11
Aube 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Marne 3
Vosges 3
Nièvre 1
Essonne 1

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

Who carried it

People named Pitsch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Otto Pitsch
    Otto Pitsch 1842–1939 · university teacher
  • Wenceslaus Adalb. Pitsch 1804–1846 · physician
  • Friedrich Pitsch 1910–1996 · Catholic priest
  • Walter Pitsch 1920–2005
  • Werner Pitsch 1962– · researcher
  • Mathew Pitsch 1963– · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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