How common is the surname Rash?

7,769 people in the United States had the surname Rash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,741 Americans. It ranked 4,565th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rash?

Jim Rash, American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, followed by Steve Rash.

Where is the surname Rash most common?

Wikidata records people named Rash in the United States.

Is the surname Rash getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,769 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Rash

A surname, carried by 7,769 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rash is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,769 people named Rash in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,741 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,860.

#4,565

rank among US surnames

7,769

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,180)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,556	Yeung	7,782	39,674
#4,557	Lilley	7,780	39,685
#4,558	Poling	7,779	39,690
#4,559	Talavera	7,777	39,700
#4,560	Choe	7,776	39,705
#4,561	Barrows	7,773	39,720
#4,562	Dvorak	7,771	39,730

Who is named Rash

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

89% of people named Rash identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rashs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Rash
American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, born 1971
Steve Rash
American film director, born 2000
Ron Rash
American poet, short story writer and novelist, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rash

Rash has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Rash?: 7,769 people in the United States had the surname Rash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,741 Americans. It ranked 4,565th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rash?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rash identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rash?: Jim Rash, American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, followed by Steve Rash.
Where is the surname Rash most common?: Wikidata records people named Rash in the United States.
Is the surname Rash getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,769 in 2010, down 1.2%.