Explore the Family Name Pash

The meaning of Pash

1. English: variant of Pask, from the byform pasche, Latin pascha. 2. Americanized form of German Pasch, Czech, Slovak, and Slovenian Paš (see Pas).

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How common is the last name Pash in the United States?

The surname Pash, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, experienced a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pash held rank 37,094 in terms of surnames across the country. However, by 2010, it had dropped to rank 45,347. This represents a significant drop of 22.25%. The count of individuals identifying with this surname also diminished, falling from 566 in 2000 to 472 in 2010, a decline of 16.61%. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased from 0.21 to 0.16 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,094	#45,347	-22.25%
Count	566	472	-16.61%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.16	-23.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pash

In terms of ethnic identity, data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that in 2000, the majority of individuals with the Pash surname identified as White (93.11%). This percentage slightly decreased to 91.53% in 2010. A small minority identified themselves as Black (2.30% in 2000 and 2.33% in 2010). The number of individuals identifying as Hispanic increased from 2.30% to 3.39% over the decade. Interestingly, the data showed an emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander representation in 2010 (1.48%), where there was none in 2000. There was also a presence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2000 (1.24%), but no such data was available for 2010. No individuals identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.11%	91.53%	-1.7%
Hispanic	2.3%	3.39%	47.39%
Black	2.3%	2.33%	1.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.48%	0%
Two or More Races	1.24%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%