Esh is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Esh
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Esh is a form of Hess. A native of Hesse; a Hessian.

The variation of Ashe. There are places so called in Derbyshire, Surrey, Hampshire, and elsewhere. It seems probable, however, that the name was sometimes adopted from residence near a remarkable ash tree. We find the Atten-Ashe of the XIV. century contracted into Nashe soon after. In the Hundred Rolls, it is latinized ad Fraxinam and de Fraxino. The French Dufresne is its synonym.

Surname is the variant of Ash. The premier syllable of many names of places, and of surnames derived from them, as Ashdown, Ashton, Ashley, Ashwell, Ashurst, Ashford, Ashburne, etc. It denotes a place where this species of tree flourished.

Esh is the variant of Hess. One who came from Hesse meaning "the hooded people," in Germany.

Family name Esh is a variation of the Aschenbrenner. One who made potash, an ash burner.

A form of Ash. One who lived near the ash tree.

A form of the Huss. Dweller at the sign of the goose; one with the qualities of a goose; descendant of Huss, a pet form of Hugo that means spirit.

Variant form of the Ashes. From residence near a grove of ash tress.

How popular is Esh?

Esh is common in India, United States, Egypt, Bangladesh, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia.

Esh is ranked 74268 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Eshs grew by 52.37 per cent to 3529 since 2000 and ranked 9227 after elevating 3084 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 98.81 98.88
Hispanic or Latino 0.68 0.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.23 0
Esh is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Israel lie ahead in terms of density. Around 6619 people have been found who wears Esh as their family name. Esh is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Esh:
22,175 India1,811
23,607 United States1,462
6,848 Egypt1,220
5,565 Bangladesh1,081
Countries with hundreds of Esh:
3,593 Israel351
22,238 Iran238
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,475 United Arab Emirates42
10,676 Kuwait39
6,725 Qatar34
54,700 Australia30
94,788 England21
13,856 Singapore17
193,954 Ukraine16
74,511 Malaysia16
352,754 Thailand15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
375,391 Brazil9
102,017 Sweden7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Jona Esh worked as laborer and hailed from Germany. 22 years old embarked for United States from Antwerp on Helicon and arrived on December 22, 1854.

Esh Namesakes

  • Meir Eshel, Plastic arts
  • Joseph Esherick, Architect
  • K. S. Eshwarappa, Politician
  • Yahya Ale Eshaq, Politician
  • Levi Eshkol, Former Prime Minister of Israel
  • Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative
  • Anat Eshel, Actress
  • Andrei Eshpai, Composer
  • Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative
  • Arash Eshghi, Film Score Composer

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