Tracing the Lecher Family Name

Search old registers for Lecher and you will soon meet Lechner too.

What is the meaning of Lecher?

Read literally, Lecher points to “Tenant farmer”. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Lecher with 752 bearers, at rank 30,916. French birth records list 197 children named Lecher between 1891 and 2000.

How is Lecher related to Lechner?

Records show Lecher as one of the forms Lechner took over time. Other spellings include Lechenbauer.

Does every Lecher family have a crest?

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lecher, so the heraldry linked to Lechner is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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