How common is the surname Gish?

3,768 people in the United States had the surname Gish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,939 Americans. It ranked 8,711th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gish?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gish?

Lillian Gish, American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter, followed by Annabeth Gish.

Where is the surname Gish most common?

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

How do you pronounce Gish?

Gish is /ɡɪʃ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gish getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,768 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Gish

A surname, carried by 3,768 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡɪʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gish is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,768 people named Gish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,939 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,866.

#8,711

rank among US surnames

3,768

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,935)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,705	Avilez	3,771	81,874
#8,706	Kallas	3,770	81,895
#8,710	Just	3,769	81,917
#8,711	Gish	3,768	81,939
#8,712	Kuang	3,767	81,961
#8,713	Neiman	3,766	81,982

Who is named Gish

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

95% of people named Gish identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gishs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lillian Gish
American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter, 1893–1993
Annabeth Gish
American actress (born 1971)
Dorothy Gish
American actress (1898–1968)
Sheila Gish
British actress (1942–2005)
Lou Gish
British actress (1967-2006)

Notable Gishs come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gish

Gish has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

How common is the surname Gish?: 3,768 people in the United States had the surname Gish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,939 Americans. It ranked 8,711th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gish?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gish?: Lillian Gish, American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter, followed by Annabeth Gish.
Where is the surname Gish most common?: Wikidata records people named Gish in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Gish?: Gish is /ɡɪʃ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gish getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,768 in 2010, down 2.5%.