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

Locher, 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 Locher surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Locher in America

Locher is the 16881st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Locher surname appeared 1,688 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Locher.

We can also compare 2010 data for Locher 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 Locher

The surname LOCHER has its origins in the German language and can be traced back to the Middle Ages in what is now modern-day Germany. It is derived from the old German word "loch," which means a hole or hollow, and was likely an occupational name given to someone who lived near a hollow or worked as a digger of holes or ditches.

The earliest recorded instance of the name LOCHER dates back to the 13th century in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria, where a man named Konrad Locher was mentioned in a local census record from 1272. This suggests that the name was already in use by that time in southern Germany.

In the 14th century, the LOCHER name appears in various administrative records and manuscripts from different regions of Germany, such as the city of Augsburg, where a certain Heinrich Locher was mentioned in a tax record from 1349. This indicates that the name had spread to other parts of the German-speaking lands by that point.

One notable historical figure with the surname LOCHER was Jakob Locher (1471-1528), a German humanist scholar and poet who was also known as Philomusus. He was born in Ehingen, Swabia, and gained recognition for his Latin translations of Greek texts, as well as his own poetic works.

Another individual of note was Johann Georg Locher (1565-1635), a German Protestant theologian and author who served as a professor at the University of Wittenberg. He was a prominent figure in the Lutheran church during the early years of the Protestant Reformation.

In the 18th century, Johann Konrad Locher (1731-1800) was a Swiss physician and naturalist who made significant contributions to the study of botany and mineralogy. He was born in Zurich and served as a professor at the University of Basel.

In the 19th century, Johann Friedrich Locher (1811-1886) was a German-born American farmer and politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and was involved in the early settlement of Wisconsin.

Finally, in the early 20th century, Carl Locher (1875-1956) was a Swiss painter and illustrator known for his landscape paintings and illustrations for children's books. He was born in Basel and spent much of his career working in Switzerland and Germany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Locher

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

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

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