The Gashi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 966 people carried this name — #25,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 59% from 607 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
8,103 people named Gashi live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,002 people named Gashi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Gashi.
Most of them — 64 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Ain.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
26 people named Gashi have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 139 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
2,965 people named Gashi are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gashi in American newspapers,
1891–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 455 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gashi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zef Gashi 1938– · Catholic priest -
Alush Gashi 1950–2026 · politician -
Afrim Gashi 1977– · politician -
Ardian Gashi 1981– · association football player -
Shkëlzen Gashi 1988– · association football player -
Mirko Gashi 1939–1995 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 88 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gashi.
- Garzon 4,450 · U.S. census
- Gas 148 · U.S. census
- Gasch 360 · U.S. census
- Gasche 215 · U.S. census
- Gasco 320 · U.S. census
- Gascon 2,190 · U.S. census
- Gasior 1,012 · U.S. census
- Gasiorowski 611 · U.S. census
- Gasner 441 · U.S. census
- Gaspar 11,251 · U.S. census
- Gaspard 5,285 · U.S. census
- Gaspari 549 · U.S. census
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