How common is the surname Kasch?

698 people in the United States had the surname Kasch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 442,329 Americans. It ranked 32,865th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Kasch most common?

Wikidata records people named Kasch in the United States.

Is the surname Kasch getting more or less common?

Less common. 746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 698 in 2010, down 6.4%.

The surname Kasch

A German surname, carried by 698 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kasch is more common than 79.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, variant of Karsch, from Middle Low German karsch (“merry, lively”), a scant attested Germanic word related to Old Norse karskr (“agile, fresh”), derived by Pokorny from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (“to awake”), see also Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō), Albanian ngre. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Kaš, shortened from Łukaš (see Lukas).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 698 people named Kasch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 442,329 Americans. That is down 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 746.

#32,865

rank among US surnames

698

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-6.4%

change since 2000 (was #29,758)

Who is named Kasch

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

94% of people named Kasch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kaschs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cody Kasch
American actor, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kasch

Kasch has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kasch come from?: * As a German surname, variant of Karsch, from Middle Low German karsch (“merry, lively”), a scant attested Germanic word related to Old Norse karskr (“agile, fresh”), derived by Pokorny from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (“to awake”), see also Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō), Albanian ngre. * As a…
How common is the surname Kasch?: 698 people in the United States had the surname Kasch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 442,329 Americans. It ranked 32,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kasch?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kasch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Kasch?: Cody Kasch, American actor.
Where is the surname Kasch most common?: Wikidata records people named Kasch in the United States.
Is the surname Kasch getting more or less common?: Less common. 746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 698 in 2010, down 6.4%.