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The surname Esh

A surname, carried by 3,529 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E200

Esh: #9,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Esh #9,227, 3,529 people Esh: #9,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Esh #9,227, 3,529 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esh 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 3,529 people named Esh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,488 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,316.

#9,227
rank among US surnames
3,529
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+52.4%
change since 2000 (was #12,311)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,222Lenoir3,53487,364
#9,224Fulks3,53187,439
#9,226Choudhury3,53087,463
#9,227Baugher3,52987,488
#9,232Oney3,52887,513
#9,233McGlone3,52787,538

Who is named Esh

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

99% of people named Esh identified as white (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 99%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
  • Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Esh

Esh has the Soundex code E200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E200.

Questions

How common is the surname Esh?
3,529 people in the United States had the surname Esh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,488 Americans. It ranked 9,227th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Esh?
In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Esh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Esh getting more or less common?
More common. 2,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,529 in 2010, up 52%.