How common is the surname Tash?

1,265 people in the United States had the surname Tash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tash getting more or less common?

More common. 1,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Tash also a first name?

Yes. Tash 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 Tash

A surname, carried by 1,265 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tash is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

Clipping of Natasha.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,265 people named Tash in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,226.

#20,852

rank among US surnames

1,265

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,204)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,843	Callaham	1,266	243,875
#20,852	Dickert	1,265	244,068

Who is named Tash

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

89% of people named Tash identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Tosh

Surnames that sound like Tash

Tosh

Tash has the Soundex code T200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T200.

Questions

Where does the surname Tash come from?: Clipping of Natasha.
How common is the surname Tash?: 1,265 people in the United States had the surname Tash in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tash?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tash identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tash getting more or less common?: More common. 1,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Tash?: Tosh.
Is Tash also a first name?: Yes. Tash 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.