Dash Surname

1,681st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mongolia

Dash Surname Definition:

(English) 1 a nickname from the Badger [Middle English dasse (Caxton), a badger: cp. Dutch and Low German das = Ger. dachs (O.H.Ger. dahs), a badger] 2 an old name for a Tavern-Drawer [Middle English daschen, to dash (as a liquid]

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Dash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India271,9081:2,821283
Bangladesh34,6951:4,593420
United States5,5321:65,5207,646
Mongolia3,4331:823148
Iran1,7851:43,0154,950
Egypt1,3731:66,9606,238
England1,0221:54,5196,634
Israel8871:9,6481,478
United Arab Emirates8601:10,6541,332
Canada6911:53,3226,374
Australia6381:42,3135,401
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
Ukraine3131:145,44020,326
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
Qatar2031:11,6161,265
Russia1711:842,82568,228
Bahrain1621:8,3251,494
Yemen1461:180,9958,182
Hong Kong1411:52,025927
Singapore1281:43,0291,626
Wales1151:26,9092,781
Oman1101:33,5272,360
Guyana1081:7,0581,168
Barbados931:3,091463
Pakistan921:1,941,78118,932
Thailand791:894,156140,446
Trinidad and Tobago781:17,4872,128
New Zealand731:62,0329,583
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Iraq681:515,0248,412
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Malaysia341:867,47739,690
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Syria231:839,1756,287
Nicaragua211:286,7192,940
China201:68,366,0783,721
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Liberia191:232,02814,625
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Libya161:390,2481,390
Palestine151:303,25710,878
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
France131:5,109,440259,941
Japan131:9,834,17645,186
Lebanon131:433,62211,952
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Nepal111:2,589,1789,158
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Iceland101:38,0092,599
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Jordan81:1,105,30516,405
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Finland61:916,11741,832
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Anguilla41:3,359324
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Montserrat11:4,947471
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5261:46,3415,744
Wales441:35,6461,944
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5191:96,7609,842

Dash (5,513) may also be a first name.

Dash Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 a nickname from the Badger [Middle English dasse (Caxton), a badger: cp. Dutch and Low German das = Ger. dachs (O.H.Ger. dahs), a badger] 2 an old name for a Tavern-Drawer [Middle English daschen, to dash (as a liquid]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Possibly from De Ash, a local name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From D'Ash, or i. q. Tash, from At Ash; from residence near an ash-tree. Hence doubtless the name Dashwood, from D'Ashwood, or At Ashwood. Lower says Dashwood would answer to the old Latinisation De Fraxineto, a twelfth-century surname, with which it is doubtless identical.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Or Dast, from Dest. Emelot Dest occurs in Normandy 12th century (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). See East.

The Norman People (1874)

From the French, D’Assche; a personal name Roger De Asc in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

Das and Dass are common in Bengali and Oriya cultures (states are West Bengal and Odisha) and both are a different caste than Dash. Dash caste is only pertaining to Orissa state and is of the Brahmin caste, while Das and Dass are of a different caste. Das and Dasi means servant especially to kings and queens. It seems irrelevant in my last name as Dash, but could mean Dass to my ancestors who were priests and they were servants or served God (particularly Jagarnath ji Puri, Orissa). I know my ancestors (priests) got land from the king in Puri so I'm guesstimating that Dash was derived from the same word Das and an H was added to ensure no one confused the castes.

- saki426

Dash Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dash Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dash (Arabic: داش, Bengali: দাশ, Hindi: दाश, Marathi: दाश, Oriya: ଦାଶ, Russian: Даш, Tibetan: དས་) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dash? popularity and diffusion

Dash is the 1,681st most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 22,295 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Dash are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 90,420th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,513 people.

Dash is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 271,908 people, or 1 in 2,821. In India Dash is most numerous in: Odisha, where 92 percent live, West Bengal, where 2 percent live and Bihar, where 1 percent live. Barring India it occurs in 131 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Dash Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dash has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dash last name grew 1,066 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 261 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dash Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Dash last name is primarily Catholic (38%) in Ireland, Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Sunni (70%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Dash surname are 0.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.91% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dash earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 68.77% more than the national average, earning 584,087 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4% more than the national average, earning R 247,152 per year; in United States they earn 5.22% more than the national average, earning $45,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% less than the national average, earning $48,454 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dashe8916,099/
Dasht893,192/
Daish892,300/
Dasch891,470/
Daysh89566/
Dahsh89134/
Daash89127/
Daush8958/
Dadsh8951/
Dhash8924/
Dashh8916/
Dashd895/
Deash894/
Dashs893/
Dassh893/
Ddash893/
Daesh893/
Dasdh892/
Daxsh892/
Dajsh891/
Daszh891/
Das8612,401,897/
Dah86137,362/
Dahash8014,744/
Daushe801,503/
Dausch801,473/
Datsch80663/
Dhaish80284/
Daasch80193/
Daesch8081/
Dasche8032/
Daitsh8024/
Dashsh809/
Daishe805/
Dhashe804/
Daashe804/
Datshe802/
Dashtt802/
Dhaash801/
Daasht801/
Deasch801/
Dausht801/
Daysch801/
Ddhash801/
Deaseh801/
Dashch801/
Dascht801/
D'Aish801/
Dahshe801/
Daschs801/
Dadshh801/
Dahsht801/
Dahsth801/
Dausth800/
Dass75131,808/
Daas7557,008/
Dahy7515,298/
Dais7513,770/
Daha7512,140/
Dhas7511,934/
Dosh758,395/
Daus758,250/
Deas757,598/
Dase753,732/
Desh753,487/
Days753,018/
Dach752,291/
Dauh752,024/
Dahu752,004/
Daah751,344/
Dast751,285/
Dats75956/
Daih75343/
Dhah75287/
Dadh75270/
Dasd75246/
da S75226/
Dahs75190/
Dösh75116/
Daph75105/
Dasc7586/
Dazh7577/
Dads7570/
Ddas7562/
Dahj7546/
Hdas7533/
Ddah7533/
Dasp7520/
Dasz7517/
Dazs7513/
Dahh7513/
Dayh7510/
Dasj758/
Tdas756/
D'As755/
Dasx754/
Dìas753/
Dahc753/
Daàs752/
D'Ah752/
Tdah752/
da H752/
Dahz751/
Dajh751/
Daâs751/
Daís751/
Daás751/
Daxs751/
Dajs751/
Hdah751/
Deatsch73180/
Dashova7366/
Dhadshe7325/
Daitsch7317/
Daatsch738/
Datsche733/
Daasche732/
Dausche732/
Dadshsh732/
Dashche732/
Dahshth732/
Dhaushe731/
Dastsch731/
Dashová731/
Dashowa731/
Datscht731/
Dautsch730/
Daggish730/
Deastch730/
Da67153,886/
Dosch675,216/
Desch674,517/
Dasse673,774/
Doush672,497/
Dache672,457/
Dease672,029/
Dhosh671,275/
Dahse671,263/
Deats671,130/
Daise671,104/
Dahas671,022/
Dadds671,021/
Dhase67876/
Dahay67856/
Dhadh67682/
Daich67655/
Dahah67640/
Dauch67599/
Dahaa67587/
Hdach67579/
Dahaï67482/
Daiss67427/
Dause67381/
D'ath67363/
Dahiy67317/
Daase67310/
Dahai67288/
Dahey67277/
Da'as67212/
Deach67200/
Dauss67189/
Daust67184/
Dahus67178/
Deesh67174/
Deish67141/
Dhaph67138/
Dahaj67126/
Dayse67123/
Daych67109/
Dhass67106/
Datts6793/
Däsch6772/
Doosh6767/
Dhesh6765/
Datse6758/
Dauds6756/
Daňha6754/
Dahii6751/
Dayss6747/
Dhaha6746/
Deush6744/
Doshe6729/
Dauhs6729/
Dösch6728/
Dahij6726/
Daheu6726/
Datch6723/
Daisd6723/
Gydas6721/
Dayts6720/
Ddaha6719/
Dhaus6718/
Dhais6718/
Dhayh6716/
Dauts6715/
Deads6715/
D'Assche6714/
Daudh6714/
Dahys6714/
Daids6713/
Datth6711/
Dahgi6711/
Daist6710/
Dahyi6710/
Daass679/
Dahau679/
Dajch679/
Daaha678/
Dachh677/
Doish676/
Dahei676/
Dahuh676/
Dhast675/
Dhats675/
Darzs675/
Daits675/
Dotsh675/
Daais674/
Dausz674/
Deast674/
Dahás674/
Dathh674/
Dauus674/
Hdahd674/
Dhauh673/
Dahhy673/
Dacht673/
Dadse673/
Daach673/
Dauys673/
Daijh673/
Dahtt673/
Dasss673/
Daushova672/
Daishova672/
Dasds672/
Dhays672/
Dhdas672/
Dhaas672/
Deass672/
Thdas672/
Dadss672/
Dahøj672/
Dosht672/
Hdais672/
Deasc672/
Dayds672/
Hdass671/
Deysh671/
Dhads671/
Dhahu671/
Daahd671/
Daashova671/
D'Das671/
Dahth671/
Dajhe671/
Dachj671/
Dauph671/
Dauzs671/
Dayzs671/
Dastd671/
Tdass671/
Doesh671/
Hdajh671/
Tdase671/
Dasze671/
Daszt671/
Ddadh671/
Daajh671/
Daast671/
D'Gas671/
Dessh671/
Dhahy671/
Dodsh671/
da He671/
Hhdas671/
Daats671/
Tdazh671/
Daaah671/
Daaas671/
Dausd671/
Datss671/
Dasdd671/
Hehedash671/
Hdgas671/
Dasst670/
Dastt670/
Dasce670/
Dazch670/

Dash Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dash in the Oriya language
ଦାଶdasa96.9
ଦାସdasa1.72
ଦଶdasa0.44
ଦାଷdasa0.04
ଇଦାଶidasa0.01
ରଥratha0.01
ସାହୁsahu0.01
େଦଶedasa0
ଦାଶହ୍dasah0
ରଶିrasi0
ସସୀsasi0
ହାଶhasa0
ଜାଶjasa0
ପାଢିpadhi0
ରାଧାradha0
ପାଠୀpathi0
ଦସdasa0
ଦାଶିdasi0
ପସାpasa0
ସାହାsaha0
ବାସbasa0
ାଦଶadasa0
ଦଷdasa0
ମାହୁmahu0
ମାଝୀmajhi0
ଲକ୍ଷୀlaksi0
ପଭାpabha0
ମାଝିmajhi0
ଡାଶdasa0
ପଶାpasa0
ପାଢୀpadhi0
ମହାmaha0
ବାସିbasi0
ମହmaha0
ବସbasa0
Dash in the Bengali language
দাশdasa95.01
দশdasa3.74
দাসdasa1.25
Dash in the Hindi language
दाशdasa54.9
दशdasa25.17
दासdasa16.08
डषdasa0.52
डषृdasr0.35
दषdasa0.17
़दशdasa0.17
Dash in the Tibetan language
དས་50
དཤ་dasha50
Dash in the Marathi language
दाशdasa46
दशdasa28.36
दासdasa24.18
दाषdasa0.73
डाशdasa0.36
दशाdasa0.36
Dash in the Russian language
Дашdas-
Dash in the Arabic language
داشdash-

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