# Lach (name)

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'''Lach''' ({{small|Polish pronunciation}}: {{IPA|pol|ˈlax|pron}}), '''Lyakh''' or '''Ljach''' is a surname. It was used by [East Slavs](/source/East_Slavs) to refer to [Poles](/source/Polish_people).<ref name=Ancestry/> Ethnic Poles in [Nowy Sącz](/source/Nowy_S%C4%85cz) (south-eastern Poland) also used the name, referring to themselves as ''[Lachy Sądeckie](/source/Lachy_S%C4%85deckie)''. According to [Paweł Jasienica](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Jasienica), it derives from the name of an ancient Polish tribe, the [Lendians](/source/Lendians).<ref>{{citation |first= Paweł |last= Jasienica |authorlink= Paweł Jasienica |title= Polska Piastów |trans-title=Poland of the Piasts |language= Polish }}</ref> Due to population resettlements of ethnic Poles after the Soviet annexation of eastern Polish territories (see [Kresy](/source/Kresy)), it is slightly more frequent in western Poland. Over 10,000 people have this surname in Poland.<ref>[http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/lach.html Individuals with the surname Lach in Poland] {{in lang|pl}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Lach-family-history.ashx Lach Name Meaning and History] {{in lang|en}}</ref>
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Lach served as a short form of the personal name [Ladislav](/source/Ladislav).<ref name=Ancestry>{{cite web |url= https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=lach |title= Lach |website=ancestry.com }}</ref> It is also a variant of '''Lah''', a [Slovene](/source/Slovene_language) word for [Vlachs](/source/Vlachs).<ref name=Ancestry/>

Notable people with the name include:
* [Andrei Lyakh](/source/Andrei_Lyakh) (born 1990), Russian footballer
* [Elmer Lach](/source/Elmer_Lach) (1918–2015), [Polish-Canadian](/source/Polish-Canadian) ice hockey player
* [Günter Lach](/source/G%C3%BCnter_Lach) (1954–2021), German politicians
* [Juan Sebastian Lach](/source/Juan_Sebastian_Lach) (born 1970), Mexican composer

== See also ==
* [Lech (name)](/source/Lech_(name))
* [Polish name](/source/Polish_name)
* [Lendians](/source/Lendians)

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