# Nash (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Middle English from the places in England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 58,714 |
| US rank (2010) | 569 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,258 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (51,021 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /næʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Naish |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nash 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nash in the United States, the United Kingdom, British Empire and Australia.

## People named Nash

- John Forbes Nash, American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
- Johnny Nash, American singer (1940–2020)
- Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler (born 1959)
- Ogden Nash, American poet (1902–1971)
- John Nash, British architect (1752–1835)
- Clarence Nash, American voice actor (1904–1985)
- Niecy Nash, American actress
- Avi Nash, American actor
- Ted Nash, American rower (1932-2021)
- Leigh Nash, American singer
- gnash, American musician
- Noreen Nash, American film and television actress

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Nass, Naas, Ngo, Ng, Nix, Nowak, Nagy, Ness, Noyes, Newhouse, Nowicki, Neese.

## 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.