# Gish (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,768 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,711 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 81,939 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.5% (3,866 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɪʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gish 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gish in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Gish

- Lillian Gish, American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter
- Annabeth Gish, American actress (born 1971)
- Dorothy Gish, American actress (1898–1968)
- Sheila Gish, British actress (1942–2005)
- Lou Gish, British actress (1967-2006)

## Similar surnames

Giese, Geis, Gies, Gash, Goss, Gage, Gooch, Gough, Guess, Gass, Gause, Gasca.

## 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.