How common is the surname Mash?

1,987 people in the United States had the surname Mash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. It ranked 14,893rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mash getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,987 in 2010, down 49%.

The surname Mash

A surname, carried by 1,987 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mash is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Probably an alteration of Marsh, a topological surname from Old English mersċ ("bog, swamp, marsh"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri ("sea; standing water").

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,987 people named Mash in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. That is down 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,903.

#14,893

rank among US surnames

1,987

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-49.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,860)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,893	Sweetman	1,987	155,383
#14,902	Enderle	1,986	155,461

Who is named Mash

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

87% of people named Mash identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mash

Mash has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

Where does the surname Mash come from?: Probably an alteration of Marsh, a topological surname from Old English mersċ ("bog, swamp, marsh"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri ("sea; standing water").
How common is the surname Mash?: 1,987 people in the United States had the surname Mash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,383 Americans. It ranked 14,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mash?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mash identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mash getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,987 in 2010, down 49%.