Surname Spotlight: Flasch

Sharing the Flasch name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

The meaning behind Flasch

People named Flasch share a German surname with a long history. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “dweller at the sign of the flask or bottle, generally designating a tavern”.

It is a topographic name, describing where an early bearer lived. The name also appears as Flesch. In the 2010 US Census, 417 Americans gave Flasch as their last name (rank 50,196). It sits within the 100,000 most common last names in the country.

Get the complete Flasch report, with a museum-style coat of arms.