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    The surname Bish

    A surname, carried by 3,495 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Bish: #9,314 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bish #9,314, 3,495 people Bish: #9,314 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bish #9,314, 3,495 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bish is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,495 people named Bish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,339 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,480.

    #9,314
    rank among US surnames
    3,495
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,307Amoroso3,49888,263
    #9,311Six3,49788,289
    #9,313Barreras3,49688,314
    #9,314Elswick3,49588,339
    #9,319Maughan3,49488,364
    #9,320Niehaus3,49388,390

    Who is named Bish

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Bish identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bishs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Diane Bish
      American composer, organist and executive producer, born 1941

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bish

    Bish has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bish?
    3,495 people in the United States had the surname Bish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,339 Americans. It ranked 9,314th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bish?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bish?
    Diane Bish, American composer, organist and executive producer.
    Where is the surname Bish most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bish in the United States.
    Is the surname Bish getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,495 in 2010, up 0.4%.