Trach surname history?

Question

My father's mother's family side has the surname Trach. What's the country/region of origin and history of this surname?

Answer 1

This name a more that one source according to ancestry.com.

Variant of South German Drach.

Americanized spelling of Jewish and Polish Tracz.

Vietnamese: unexplained.

The census shows a few immigrants from Bohemia and Austria.  

Many on the census (especially in PA) were born here, as were their parents back into the early 1800s.

Drach means dragon.  Perhaps someone who lived in a house decorated with dragons, or someone with a fiery temper was given this name.

To find out where your family came from, you will have to do some research, if you haven't already.

Answer 2

Only 8 people with that name came through Ellis Island, and there isn't a single country of origin for them. But this might help you:

1. Alina Trach        1910        

2. Alma Trach    Frankfurt, Germany    1910  23    

3. Karl Trach        1924  29  

4. Lorke Trach    Boresno, Russia    1908  22  

5. Mary Trach    Luam    1899  17  

6. Max Trach    NYC    1921  29  

7. Peisach Trach    Boresno, Russia    1908  0  

8. Wilhelmune Trach    Gnuind    1906  30

WWI Draft registrations also show quite a few people with that name who were from Galicia, which was the part of Poland under Austria's control until the end of WWI:

Name Birth Date Race Birthplace Registration Place

(City, County, State)

John Trach 20 Oct 1894 White  Russia  Chicago, Cook, IL  

Frank Trach 13 May 1878 White     Chicago, Cook, IL  

Frank Sylvester Trach 25 Nov 1890 Caucasian (White)  Minnesota;United States of America  Not Stated, Cottonwood, MN  

Morris Trach Oct 1882 White     Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN  

Mike Trach 25 Nov 1896    Galicia;Austria;Hungary  Not Stated, St Louis, MN  

Henry Trach 25 Jul 1880 White     Bronx, Bronx, NY  

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Joe Trach Apr 1895 Caucasian (White)  Russia  Manhattan, New York, NY  

Gregory Trach 12 Feb 1888 Caucasian (White)  Galicia;Austria  Manhattan, New York, NY  

John Henry Trach 6 Dec 1899 White     Manhattan, New York, NY  

Michal Trach 6 Jul 1888 White  Galicia;Austria  Manhattan, New York, NY

Jacob Trach 4 Sep 1887 Caucasian (White)  Austria  Syracuse, Onondaga, NY  

Sini Trach 15 Feb 1873 White     Syracuse, Onondaga, NY  

Max Trach 3 Sep 1892 Caucasian (White)  Germany  Not Stated, Orange, NY  

Pitro Trach 26 Jul 1885 White     Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH  

Wasyl Trach 27 Sep 1898 White     Chester, Delaware, PA  

Andrew Trach 19 Dec 1885 White     Not Stated, Lackawanna, PA  

Erwin Henry Trach 18 Jan 1885 White     Allentown, Lehigh, PA  

Maynard Elsworth Trach 21 Feb 1880 White     Allentown, Lehigh, PA  

Otto Allen Trach 24 Dec 1881 White     Allentown, Lehigh, PA  

William Stover Trach 7 Dec 1873 White     Allentown, Lehigh, PA  

Walter Dreher Trach 2 Oct 1894 Caucasian (White)  Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Monroe, PA  

Floyd Trach 16 Jul 1885 White     Easton, Northampton, PA  

Floyd Ezra Trach 23 Aug 1883 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA

Frank Henry Trach 21 May 1875 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Robert James Trach 24 Oct 1885 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Victor Trach 7 Nov 1892 Caucasian (White)  Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Arthur Willis Trach 16 Feb 1892 White  Pennsylvania  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Clinton L Trach 17 Jul 1886    Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Clinton L Trach 17 Jul 1886    Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Elbert Samuel Trach 9 Apr 1887 Caucasian (White)  Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Elbert Samuel Trach 9 Apr 1887 Caucasian (White)  Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Emery Calvin Trach 17 Nov 1877 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

George Clarence Trach 18 Dec 1882 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

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Howard Trach 10 May 1889 Caucasian (White)  Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Milton Henry Trach 5 Jan 1881 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Raymond H Trach 4 Oct 1888 Caucasian (White)  Pennsylvania;United States of America  Not Stated, Northampton, PA  

Karyilo Trach 15 Oct 1881 White     Not Stated, Northampton, PA

John Matthew Trach 21 Mar 1875 White     Not Stated, Marion, WV

Answer 3

I have no idea but you could try a search on the internet.