The Nash surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 58,714 people carried this name — #569 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,030 people counted. That is up 15% from 51,021 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 21 births for the Nash name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Kerry and Limerick.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Nash.
Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 52 people named Nash live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Nash live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
41 people named Nash is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Nash,
with a public archive behind them.
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David William Nash d. 1876 · writer
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Richard Nash d. 1395 · politician
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Edgar Nash d. 1915 · politician
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John J. Nash d. 1989 · politician
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James Nash d. 1917 · soldier
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Michael Nash d. 1918 · soldier
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nash.
- Nardo 821 · U.S. census
- Nardone 3,180 · U.S. census
- Narducci 915 · U.S. census
- Narduzzi 160 · U.S. census
- Nardy 113 · U.S. census
- Nascimento 2,829 · U.S. census
- Nasi 296 · U.S. census
- Naso 743 · U.S. census
- Nasri 277 · U.S. census
- Nass 2,060 · U.S. census
- Nassar 3,377 · U.S. census
- Nasse 185 · U.S. census
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