Find out how popular the last name Emich is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Emich.

Emich, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Emich surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Emich in America

Emich is the 93125th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Emich surname appeared 197 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Emich.

We can also compare 2010 data for Emich to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Emich

The surname Emich has its origins in the German regions, dating back to the late medieval period around the 13th century. It is believed to have derived from the Germanic personal name Emmerich or Emmerich, which itself is a compound of the elements "amo" (work or labor) and "ric" (power or rule).

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Emich can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Anhaltinus, a collection of historical documents from the former principality of Anhalt in central Germany, where it appears as "Emericus de Dornburg" in the year 1280. This suggests that the name may have originated in the region around Dornburg, a town in present-day Saxony-Anhalt.

The name Emich also appears in several other medieval records from various parts of Germany, including the Würzburg Codex from the late 13th century, which mentions an "Emericus de Rotenberg" in 1295. This indicates that the name was also present in the region of Franconia, in what is now northern Bavaria.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Emich was Johann Emich, a German nobleman who lived in the 15th century and served as a councillor to the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg. Another notable figure was Philipp Emich, a 16th-century Protestant reformer and theologian from Saxony, who lived from around 1520 to 1590.

In the 17th century, the name Emich was also found in the Holy Roman Empire, with records showing a Johann Emich von Breidbach-Bürresheim, a military commander and knight who was born in 1619 and died in 1696. This suggests that the name had spread to various noble families across different regions of what is now modern-day Germany.

Another prominent individual with the surname Emich was Johann Jakob Emich, a German philosopher and theologian who lived from 1674 to 1729. He was born in Strasbourg, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and served as a professor at the University of Heidelberg.

While the surname Emich is most commonly associated with its German origins, it has also been found in other parts of Europe, perhaps due to migration or intermarriage with German families. For example, there are historical records of individuals with the surname Emich in regions of modern-day Poland, where it may have been influenced by the similar-sounding Polish name "Imich".

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Emich

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Emich.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Emich was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Emich has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Emich was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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