The Resch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,267 people carried this name — #9,895 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,279).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 625 people named Resch 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 258 people named Resch.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
83 people named Resch live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
48 people named Resch 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).
In print
Resch in American newspapers,
1912–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,014 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Resch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wolfgang Resch d. 1533 · publisher
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Wolfgang Resch d. 1537 · engraver
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Hieronymus Resch d. 1556
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Thomas Resch d. 1520 · philosopher
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Anton Resch 1520–1583 · bishop
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Abraham Elias Resch 1560–1609
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Resch.
- Reny 560 · U.S. census
- Renzi 1,942 · U.S. census
- Repetti 409 · U.S. census
- Repetto 560 · U.S. census
- Reppert 2,018 · U.S. census
- Requena 1,661 · U.S. census
- Ress 810 · U.S. census
- Resse 214 · U.S. census
- Rest 257 · U.S. census
- Resta 281 · U.S. census
- Restelli 160 · U.S. census
- Restivo 2,071 · U.S. census
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