Ghosh

5,963 people in the United States were counted with the surname Ghosh in the 2020 census, making it the 5,618th most common in the country. That is about one person in 50,100.

By the numbers

People: 5,963
Rank: 5,618th
How common: 1 in 50,100
Per 100,000: 2.0

Where the name comes from

Origin Bengali

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Ghosh described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 91.2%
White, not Hispanic 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino 0.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Ghosh

Aurobindo Ghosh (1872–1950)Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist
Amitav Ghosh (born 1956)Indian writer
Rituparno Ghosh (1963–2013)Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist
Jayati Ghosh (born 1955)Indian economist
Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021)Indian Bengali poet, literary critic and educator
Mehuli Ghosh (born 2000)Indian sport shooter
Payal Ghosh (born 1986)Indian actress
Sujoy Ghosh (born 1966)Indian film director

People named Ghosh with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.