# Rash (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,769 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,565 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (7,860 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rash 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rash in the United States.

## People named Rash

- Jim Rash, American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Steve Rash, American film director
- Ron Rash, American poet, short story writer and novelist

## Similar surnames

Rush, Rauch, Rish, Resh, Rausch, Rasch, Rasco, Raasch, Rascoe, Raschke, Rask, Raso.

## 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.