# Cash (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cash/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,476 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,200 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,474 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (28,572 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Case. In the US adopted by German immigrants named Kirch and Kirsch.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cash in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cash in the United States, Australia, The Bahamas and Argentina.

## People named Cash

- Johnny Cash, American country singer (1932–2003)
- June Carter Cash, American singer (1929–2003)
- Pat Cash, Australian tennis player (born 1965)
- Aya Cash, American actress
- Swin Cash, American Hall of Fame basketball player
- Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter
- John Carter Cash, American singer, songwriter author and producer
- Rosalind Cash, American actress (1938-1995)
- Tommy Cash, American country singer (1940–2024)
- Gerald Cash, Bahamian politician (1917-2003)
- Stacey Cash, American pornographic actress
- Kevin Cash, American baseball player and manager

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Cacho, Casey, Case, Cass, Caskey, Cascio, Chasse, Caso, Casco, Cook, Cox, Chase.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.