How common is the surname Rish?

1,573 people in the United States had the surname Rish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,278 Americans. It ranked 17,798th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rish?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rish getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,573 in 2010, down 9.6%.

The surname Rish

A surname, carried by 1,573 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). Rish is more common than 89% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,573 people named Rish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,278 Americans. That is down 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,741.

#17,798

rank among US surnames

1,573

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-9.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,446)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,789	Lafortune	1,574	196,153
#17,798	Baas	1,573	196,278

Who is named Rish

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

93% of people named Rish identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rish

Rish 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 Rish?: 1,573 people in the United States had the surname Rish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,278 Americans. It ranked 17,798th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rish?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rish getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,573 in 2010, down 9.6%.