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

Jauch, 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 Jauch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jauch in America

Jauch is the 34618th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jauch surname appeared 653 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 Jauch.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jauch 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 Jauch

The surname Jauch is of German origin, originating in the southern regions of Germany and Switzerland in the late Middle Ages, around the 13th-15th centuries. It is derived from the Old German word "jouch," meaning a yoke or a unit of land measurement.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Jauch surname can be found in the town records of Freiburg im Breisgau, a historical town in southwest Germany, dating back to the 14th century. The name is also mentioned in various Swiss records from the same period, particularly in the regions around Zürich and Bern.

In the 16th century, a notable individual bearing the Jauch surname was Johannes Jauch, a Protestant theologian and reformer born in Nuremberg, Germany, around 1520. He played a significant role in the spread of the Reformation movement throughout southern Germany.

Another historical figure with the Jauch surname was Johann Jauch, a German composer and organist who lived from 1665 to 1721. He served as the court organist in the city of Ansbach, and his compositions were widely performed during his lifetime.

In the 19th century, a prominent bearer of the Jauch name was Johann Nepomuk Jauch, a German inventor and engineer born in 1822 in Karlsruhe. He is credited with developing an early version of the internal combustion engine and held several patents for his inventions.

The name Jauch has also been associated with various place names throughout southern Germany and Switzerland, such as Jauchenau, a village in the state of Bavaria, and Jauchgraben, a small stream in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

Traugott Jauch, born in 1875 in Würzburg, Germany, was a notable German architect who designed several prominent buildings in his hometown, including the Würzburg Residence and the Würzburg Cathedral.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jauch

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

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 Jauch 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 Jauch 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 Jauch was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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