# Kish (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,725 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,072 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,386 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (8,366 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kish 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) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kish in the United States and Hungary.

## People named Kish

- Daniel Kish, American educator; expert in human echolocation
- Leslie Kish, American statistician (1910-2000)

## Similar surnames

Kash, Kush, Kiss, Kies, Koch, Keys, Keyes, Keck, Koss, Kwok, Koski, Keough.

## 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.