How common is the surname Cash?

29,476 people in the United States had the surname Cash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,474 Americans. It ranked 1,200th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cash?

Johnny Cash, American country singer (1932–2003), followed by June Carter Cash.

Where is the surname Cash most common?

Wikidata records people named Cash in the United States, Australia and The Bahamas and 1 other country.

Is the surname Cash getting more or less common?

More common. 28,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,476 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Cash also a first name?

Yes. Cash is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Cash

An occupational surname, carried by 29,476 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cash is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

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

Cash is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,476 people named Cash in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,474 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,572.

#1,200

rank among US surnames

29,476

people in 2010

10.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,123)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,191	Hewitt	29,694	10,398
#1,192	Cramer	29,691	10,399
#1,193	Goldberg	29,603	10,430
#1,194	Morin	29,593	10,433
#1,195	Sutherland	29,585	10,436
#1,196	Kaplan	29,582	10,437
#1,197	McAllister	29,544	10,450

Who is named Cash

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

79% of people named Cash identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cashs

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1982
Swin Cash
American Hall of Fame basketball player, born 1979
Rosanne Cash
American singer-songwriter, born 1955
John Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter author and producer, born 1970
Rosalind Cash
American actress (1938-1995)
Tommy Cash
American country singer (1940–2024)
Gerald Cash
Bahamian politician (1917-2003)
Stacey Cash
American pornographic actress, 1980–2015
Kevin Cash
American baseball player and manager, born 1977

Notable Cashs come mostly from the United States (14), Australia (2) and The Bahamas (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cash

Cash has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Questions

Where does the surname Cash come from?: Variant of Case. In the US adopted by German immigrants named Kirch and Kirsch.
How common is the surname Cash?: 29,476 people in the United States had the surname Cash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,474 Americans. It ranked 1,200th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cash?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Cash identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cash?: Johnny Cash, American country singer (1932–2003), followed by June Carter Cash.
Where is the surname Cash most common?: Wikidata records people named Cash in the United States, Australia and The Bahamas and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Cash?: Cash is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cash getting more or less common?: More common. 28,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,476 in 2010, up 3.2%.
Is Cash also a first name?: Yes. Cash is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.