How common is the surname Nash?

58,714 people in the United States had the surname Nash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,258 Americans. It ranked 569th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nash?

John Forbes Nash, American mathematician and economist (1928–2015), followed by Johnny Nash.

Where is the surname Nash most common?

Wikidata records people named Nash in the United States, the United Kingdom and British Empire and 1 other country.

Is the surname Nash getting more or less common?

More common. 51,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 58,714 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Nash also a first name?

Yes. Nash 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.

The surname Nash

A place surname, carried by 58,714 people in the United States.

Pronounced /næʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex N200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nash is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

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

Nash is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 58,714 people named Nash in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,258 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 51,021.

#569

rank among US surnames

58,714

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+15.1%

change since 2000 (was #601)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#560	Shaffer	59,943	5,151
#561	Lamb	59,913	5,153
#562	Trevino	59,882	5,156
#563	McKenzie	59,595	5,181
#564	Hess	59,486	5,190
#565	Beil	59,463	5,192
#566	Olsen	59,356	5,202

Who is named Nash

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

69% of people named Nash identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nashs

23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1970
Avi Nash
American actor, born 1991
Ted Nash
American rower (1932-2021)
Leigh Nash
American singer, born 1976
gnash
American musician, born 1993
Noreen Nash
American film and television actress, 1924–2023

Notable Nashs come mostly from the United States (19), the United Kingdom (2) and British Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Naish

Surnames that sound like Nash

Nash has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Questions

How common is the surname Nash?: 58,714 people in the United States had the surname Nash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,258 Americans. It ranked 569th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nash?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Nash identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nash?: John Forbes Nash, American mathematician and economist (1928–2015), followed by Johnny Nash.
Where is the surname Nash most common?: Wikidata records people named Nash in the United States, the United Kingdom and British Empire and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Nash?: Nash is /næʃ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Nash?: Nash is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Nash getting more or less common?: More common. 51,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 58,714 in 2010, up 15%.
What are other spellings of Nash?: Naish.
Is Nash also a first name?: Yes. Nash 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.