Find out how popular the last name Kasha is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kasha.

Kasha, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kasha surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kasha in America

Kasha is the 71478th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kasha surname appeared 273 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kasha.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kasha to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kasha

The surname Kasha has its origins in Eastern Europe, specifically in the region now known as Ukraine. It is believed to have derived from the Old Slavic word "kasha," which referred to a porridge or gruel made from various grains. This name likely originated as a descriptive surname, perhaps given to someone who made or sold kasha as a profession.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Kasha can be found in the Lviv Archeparchy records from the 16th century. These records document various individuals with the surname Kasha residing in the regions of Halych and Lviv, which were part of the Kingdom of Poland at the time.

In the 17th century, the name Kasha appeared in the Cossack Registers, which were records of the Cossack military forces in the Hetmanate region of present-day Ukraine. This suggests that individuals bearing the Kasha surname may have been involved in the Cossack military.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kasha surname was prevalent in various regions of the Russian Empire, particularly in the areas that are now part of Ukraine, Belarus, and western Russia. One notable bearer of the Kasha surname was Andrei Kasha, a Russian artist born in 1796 who was known for his landscape paintings.

In the early 20th century, another prominent individual with the Kasha surname was Mykola Kasha, a Ukrainian-American physicist born in 1900. He made significant contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1966.

Other historical figures with the Kasha surname include Vasyl Kasha, a Ukrainian writer and journalist born in 1885, and Oleksandr Kasha, a Ukrainian actor and theater director born in 1918.

It is worth noting that the surname Kasha has variations in spelling, such as Kasha, Kasza, and Kascha, which reflect the linguistic influences of different regions and languages in Eastern Europe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kasha

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kasha.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kasha was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kasha has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kasha was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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