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    The surname Mish

    A surname, carried by 758 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mish is more common than 81.1% of them.

    Origin

    * Shortened from Michael (Male). * Shortened from Michel (Male). * Shortened from Michelle (Female). These names originally a variant of Hebrew: מי כאל (Michael). In Hebrew pronounce as (Miha'el), and short version is מי כ (Miha). But in other countries, due to dialect, the short version began to be pronounced as (Misha), and so a shorter version appeared as (Mish).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 758 people named Mish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 407,316 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 872.

    #30,735
    rank among US surnames
    758
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #26,332)

    Who is named Mish

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

    91% of people named Mish identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mish

    Mish 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 Mish come from?
    * Shortened from Michael (Male). * Shortened from Michel (Male). * Shortened from Michelle (Female). These names originally a variant of Hebrew: מי כאל (Michael). In Hebrew pronounce as (Miha'el), and short version is מי כ (Miha). But in other countries, due to dialect, the short version began to…
    How common is the surname Mish?
    758 people in the United States had the surname Mish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 407,316 Americans. It ranked 30,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mish?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mish getting more or less common?
    Less common. 872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 758 in 2010, down 13%.
    Is Mish also a first name?
    Yes. Mish is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.