The Welsch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,857 people carried this name — #11,104 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,781 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 772 people named Welsch.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 244 people named Welsch 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Welsch live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Welsch 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 print
Welsch in American newspapers,
1883–1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,420 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Welsch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gottfried Welsch 1618–1690 · medical examiner -
Johann Friedrich Welsch 1796–1871 · painter -
Johann Friedrich Welsch 1796–1871 · painter
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Hieronymus Welsch 1612–1665 · chamberlain
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Esther Welsch 1613–1632
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Georg Hieronymus Welsch 1624–1677 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Welsch.
- Weiter 106 · U.S. census
- Weitz 3,141 · U.S. census
- Welch 108,987 · U.S. census
- Welcker 128 · U.S. census
- Welker 8,566 · U.S. census
- Weller 13,774 · U.S. census
- Welscher 111 · U.S. census
- Welte 1,212 · U.S. census
- Welter 4,729 · U.S. census
- Weltin 144 · U.S. census
- Welty 4,876 · U.S. census
- Weltz 472 · U.S. census
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