How common is the surname Kish?

8,725 people in the United States had the surname Kish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,386 Americans. It ranked 4,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kish?

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

Who is the most famous person named Kish?

Daniel Kish, American educator; expert in human echolocation, followed by Leslie Kish.

Where is the surname Kish most common?

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

Is the surname Kish getting more or less common?

More common. 8,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,725 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Kish

A surname, carried by 8,725 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). Kish is more common than 97.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,725 people named Kish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,386 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,366.

#4,072

rank among US surnames

8,725

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,903)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,068	Goforth	8,735	35,346
#4,069	Mazur	8,733	35,354
#4,070	Durand	8,729	35,370
#4,072	Kish	8,725	35,386
#4,074	Geer	8,717	35,419

Who is named Kish

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

95% of people named Kish identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kishs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Kish
American educator; expert in human echolocation, born 1966
Leslie Kish
American statistician (1910-2000)

Notable Kishs come mostly from the United States (1) and Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kish

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kish?: 8,725 people in the United States had the surname Kish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,386 Americans. It ranked 4,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kish?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kish?: Daniel Kish, American educator; expert in human echolocation, followed by Leslie Kish.
Where is the surname Kish most common?: Wikidata records people named Kish in the United States and Hungary.
Is the surname Kish getting more or less common?: More common. 8,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,725 in 2010, up 4.3%.